With their American League Central Division lead down to a half-game, the Chicago White Sox begin a season-defining three-game series at the Cleveland Guardians on Monday.
The Cleveland Guardians' path to the postseason only grows more difficult. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, the Guardians took on the Baltimore Orioles in a rubber match from Camden Yards, with the home side coming out on top in a big way, 9-5.
Well, Foster Griffin did not show why the Guardians got him last night. After a disastrous, eight run, third inning the Guardians fell too far behind the Orioles to be able to rally a comeback.
How many of the lefty mashers with the most home runs in a single season for each MLB franchise can you name in five minutes?
Over a 162 game season, every team goes through high and lows, often writing off a loss to “just one game” as you move onto the next. I’m maybe one of the biggest offenders of that, as I use the 162 as an excuse to defend Steven Vogt, a manger who only knows division titles.
The 2026 season has been headlined by young players emerging, but some wily veterans have also had their day. As we head toward the end of the regular season, these 30 players stand out as the biggest surprises on their teams.
Foster Griffin has been hit or miss as a starter for the Guardians, but, tonight, he has a chance to be a hero. The Guardians will play the Orioles tonight, the Twins, the White Sox, the Athletics, the Red Sox and the Royals to conclude the season.
The Cleveland Guardians invested quite a bit in Washington Nationals left-handed starter Foster Griffin. And while it obviously takes time for a new player to settle in, Griffin's first few appearances in the navy blue and red he has had to fight through each outing.
The Cleveland Guardians' most significant trade deadline acquisition will be on the mound for their series opener against the visiting San Francisco Giants.
With another win, his second of the month, Sonny Gray's career resurgence has turned into putting together a season that can be argued as the best season of his overall career.
The Cleveland Guardians now trail the first-place Chicago White Sox by four games in the American League Central standings after the Guardians dropped two of three contests to the White Sox over the weekend.
The Washington Nationals spent the first four months of the season convincing fans that meaningful August baseball had finally returned. Then the trade deadline arrived, and the front office essentially told everyone not to get too comfortable.
The 2026 season hasn't gone as planned for many MLB players. These 30 players stand out as the biggest disappointments for their respective teams.
There were many people in the Washington Nationals fanbase who probably weren't thrilled to see breakout star pitcher Foster Griffin get dealt ahead of the deadline.
10 hits, four walks and six runs scored. Such efforts normally would be good enough to win a baseball game for the Cleveland Guardians, but pitching struggles doomed them.
Life since being traded has not been fun at all for several MLB starting pitchers. Thursday, it was left-hander Foster Griffin making his debut with the Cleveland Guardians and it did not go as he or the organization had hoped it would.
After being traded from the Washington Nationals back on August 3rd, Foster Griffin looks to make his Cleveland Guardians debut. According to the probable starters per ESPN for this Guardians versus New York Mets game on August 6th, Griffin is listed as one of the probable starters.
Almost nothing has gone right for Jorge Polanco in his first season since signing as a free agent with the New York Mets. His approach and attitude, however, haven't changed.
Minutes before the clock sounded on Monday’s trade deadline, the Washington Nationals pulled the trigger on a buzzer-beater. They shipped left-hander and 2026 All-Star Foster Griffin to the Cleveland Guardians.
The Washington Nationals were not expecting a breakout season from left-hander Foster Griffin when they inked him to a one-year deal ahead of the 2026 season.
The Guardians have acquired left-hander Foster Griffin from the Nationals, as first reported by MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The Athletic’s Spencer Nusbaum reports that Washington will receive four players — left-handers Will Dion and Josh Hartle, right-hander Kendeglys Virguez, and outfielder Nick Mitchell.
The Astros subtracted from their rotation depth when they swapped Spencer Arrighetti to the Blue Jays for center fielder Daulton Varsho. Houston now finds itself in the pitching market, according to Brian McTaggart of MLB.com, with an hour until the deadline.
Left-hander Foster Griffin will go for his ninth straight victory on Friday when the visiting Washington Nationals play the Atlanta Braves in the second contest of their four-game series.
The Rays and Phillies had a scout at Foster Griffin‘s start yesterday, according to The Athletic’s Spencer Nusbaum. It isn’t surprising that the playoff contenders are keeping an eye on Griffin, who could be one of the most intriguing arms on the trade market….if the Nationals decide to move him at all.
Washington left-hander Foster Griffin looks to continue his stellar rookie season and help the Nationals gain in the National League wild-card race when the club hosts the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.
When you picture one of the premier arms on the market this coming trade deadline, a soft-tossing 30-year-old rookie doesn’t immediately come to mind. In the summer of 2014, the Kansas City Royals selected Foster Griffin out of high school 28th overall.
Post-All-Star break, the Washington Nationals find themselves in a precarious place: do they buy or sell ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline? At 50-50 on the season, the Nationals sit eight games behind the Atlanta Braves for the lead in the National League East and are two games out of the final Wild Card spot in the National League.
Washington Nationals fans have seen their fair share of pitching reclamation projects over the years, but what Foster Griffin is doing right now hits entirely different.
Foster Griffin is 10-2 with a 2.77 ERA and has caught the eye of at least one of your fantasy baseball leaguemates. Should you try to beat that owner to the waiver wire, or to coax him from his present owner, before the second half begins?
Since returning from Japan and signing with the Washington Nationals this offseason, left-hander Foster Griffin has been worth every penny.
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