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The Cleveland Guardians started their series against the Boston Red Sox with a gritty win, but it went downhill from there. The Guardians ended up losing the second half of their doubleheader and Sunday's rubber match.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / April 26

Guardians Manager Explains Interesting Emmanuel Clase Decision

Emmanuel Clase's struggles have been a key storyline for the Cleveland Guardians at the start of the season. The All-Star closer of the past three years hasn't looked like himself over the last three months and has dealt with shoulder tightness over the last week.

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MLB News / CBSSports.com / April 24

Batting Around: Who is the best closer in baseball? Reliever volatility makes it hard to stay elite

Emmanuel Clase? Mason Miller? Edwin Díaz? Who do you want in the ninth?

MLB News / CBSSports.com / April 24

Batting Around: Who is the best closer in baseball? Reliever volatility makes it hard to stay elite

Emmanuel Clase? Mason Miller? Edwin Díaz? Who do you want in the ninth?

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / April 23

Cleveland Guardians Skipper Makes Major Emmanuel Clase Announcement

Alarm bells sounded when the Cleveland Guardians turned to Cade Smith rather than Emmanuel Clase to close out Tuesday night's win over the New York Yankees.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / April 21

Guardians Skipper Shares Possible Reason for Emmanuel Clase's Struggles

Emmanuel Clase has not looked like the elite closer he was in 2024, when he recorded one of the most dominant seasons by a reliever in recent memory. The Cleveland Guardians' closer allowed nearly double the runs already this season (nine) than he did all of last year (five).

Cleveland Guardians News / MLB on ClutchPoints / April 20

Mistretta’s Musings: Why MLB’s best closer Emmanuel Clase is broken and how to fix him

Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase has made three consecutive MLB All-Star teams. He has led the league in saves for three consecutive seasons. His 2024 campaign was nothing short of ridiculous, as the Cleveland closer turned in a jaw-dropping 0.61 ERA while finishing the year with a career-high 47 saves.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / April 16

Guardians Exec Delivers Strong Statement on Struggling Star

Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase has not been good this season. There really is no other way to slice it. Through eight appearances, Clase has allowed six runs on 15 hits over eight innings of work, posting an alarming 2.000 WHIP.

MLB News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / April 14

Yankees May Have Broken This Guardians Star Who Must Respond

Last season, Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase was one of the most dominant forces in all of baseball. He was nearly untouchable during the regular season, allowing a grand total of five earned runs over 74 appearances.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / April 13

Guardians Skipper Discusses Emmanuel Clase's Recent Struggles

Cleveland Guardians fans have gotten used to Emmanuel Clase being one of MLB's most clutch and dominant pitchers. Unfortunately, Cleveland's closer just hasn't looked like that same player through the first two weeks of the season.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / April 10

Guardians All-Star's Alarming Start May Be Cause for Panic

Last year, the Cleveland Guardians' bullpen was nearly untouchable, and that was thanks much in part to the Herculean efforts of closer Emmanuel Clase.

MLB News / Yardbarker / April 1

Three struggling MLB stars who are bound to bounce back

With the 2025 MLB season off to an explosive start, look out for these struggling stars to turn it around.

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Kansas City Royals News / Athlon Sports / March 31

Royals Star Back in Lineup Day After Taking 99-MPH Fastball to Helmet

A day after running off the field after being plunked in the helmet with a 99 MPH cutter from Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase, Royals utilityman Jonathan India is back in the lineup for Monday afternoon's game against the Brewers.

MLB News / Kansas City Royals on SI / March 31

Royals Star Has Harsh Reaction To Guardians' Emmanuel Clase Plunking Teammate

The Kansas City Royals' series with the Cleveland Guardians could hardly have ended on a worse note. Trailing 6-2 in the ninth inning of Sunday's rubber game, the Royals were down to their final out against Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase, the 2024 American League Reliever of the Year.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / March 29

Guardians Skipper Has No Concerns About Star Closer

The Cleveland Guardians started the 2025 season with a true team win over the Kansas City Royals. Everybody contributed to the victory, including Ben Lively, Kyle Manzardo, Steven Kwan, and the bullpen.

Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / March 22

Cleveland Guardians Star Closer Given Unsurprising Prediction

The Cleveland Guardians easily had the best bullpen in MLB during the 2024 season. While it'll be hard to repeat a team reliever ERA of 2.57, Cleveland is in line to have another elite group yet again this season.

Cleveland Guardians News / LWOSports.com / March 21

2025 Cleveland Guardians O/U: Why the Guardians Will Hit the OVER

The 2024 Cleveland Guardians won the American League Central for the fifth time in nine seasons and had their deepest run since losing the 2016 World Series.

Cleveland Guardians News / Fastball on SI / February 6

Cleveland Guardians Closer Emmanuel Clase Entering 2025 with Wild History Under His Belt

Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase will head to spring training next week with the rest of the pitchers and catchers. And when he gets there, he'll

MLB News / MLB Trade Rumors / January 22

Guardians sign free-agent right-hander to one-year pact

The Guardians announced Wednesday that they’ve signed free-agent reliever Paul Sewald.

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Cleveland Guardians News / Yardbarker / August 26

Why Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase should win AL Cy Young

No reliever has won the Cy Young Award since Eric Gagne in 2003. That should change this season as Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase has a fabulous case to win the award in the American League.

Matthew Boyd, Guardians handle Rangers in rubber game

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Cleveland Guardians News / MLB Trade Rumors / June 14

The Guardians’ bullpen has been transformative

Coming into 2024, the expectations for the Guardians were modest. They finished 76-86 last year and didn’t do much in the offseason. They made a few small trades, and their largest free agent signing was giving catcher Austin Hedges $4MM to be a glove-first backup to Bo Naylor.

MLB News / MLB Trade Rumors / January 16, 2024

The Cubs are continuing their search for bullpen help

Bolstering the relief corps is “a focus” for the Cubs, writes Bruce Levine of 670 The Score.

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MLB News / Yardbarker / January 16, 2024

Chicago Cubs reportedly interested in Emmanuel Clase

The Chicago Cubs have improved their rotation by signing Shota Imanaga. Now they are ready to focus on their bullpen.

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MLB News / Yardbarker / December 22, 2023

Former GM: Dodgers could trade for Guardians All-Star

Former MLB general manager Jim Bowden said Friday he thinks the Los Angeles Dodgers could land one of the best closers in baseball via a trade with the Cleveland Guardians.

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Cleveland Guardians News / MLB Trade Rumors / December 1, 2023