The Cleveland Guardians' four-series winning streak ended Sunday with a loss at the Kansas City Royals, who claimed two of the three games between American League Central Division foes.
Last offseason, the Cleveland Guardians traded Josh Naylor to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for an intriguing pitcher and a future draft pick. It was a controversial move at the time; the Guardians should've been looking to add to their lineup, not subtract from it.
Cleveland Guardians fans haven't forgotten about Josh Naylor, but they do feel much better about the trade that sent him to the Arizona Diamondbacks last Dec.
News and Notes for Saturday, July 19th, 2025 The Guardians could probably have used Josh Naylor's bat this year, but having Slade Cecconi pitch for Cleveland for this year and many more seems like a great trade-off.
Two weeks ago when the Cleveland Guardians were in the midst of a 10-game losing streak, pitcher Slade Cecconi made a bold statement. "We're going to see ourselves in a great spot at the end of the season," he said.
News and Notes for Thursday, July 10th, 2025 The Cleveland Guardians officially have themselves a winning streak. After sweeping the Astros last night behind a very impressive start by Slade Cecconi, the Guards will head to the southside of Chicago to face the White Sox.
Slade Cecconi has been one of the biggest bright spots of the entire Cleveland Guardians season, and the pitcher continues to get better and better with each start.
Angel Martinez and Jose Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning in support of right-hander Slade Cecconi, who recorded a career-high nine strikeouts to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-2 win over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday and a three-game series sweep.
This is a wonderful sport. Baseball is a wonderful sport. Days after wrapping up getting swept at home by the division rival Tigers, the Guardians ripped off a gutsy 3-game road sweep of the MLB-best (since May) Houston Astros.
The offensive ineptitude continues The Guardians lost again. This time they knocked out 9 hits and left 10 on base. Jose Ramirez broke his 0 for 21 streak with a first inning homer.
Slade Cecconi tossed seven shutout innings as the Cleveland Guardians blanked the Athletics 3-0 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.
The Cleveland Guardians were hoping Slade Cecconi would take the mound before their series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday afternoon, but he has been scratched from his start as a result of a groin injury.
The Cleveland Guardians' rotation took a hit a few weeks ago when the team announced Ben Lively would require surgery and be sidelined through the middle of 2026 at the earliest.
Slade Cecconi pitched six strong innings and the Cleveland Guardians topped the host Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Friday night. Cecconi (1-1) allowed one run and five hits during his second start of the season.
The Cleveland Guardians may have been on the losing side of Saturday night's matchup with the Cincinatti Reds, but it wasn't a complete loss. With Ben Lively on the injured list, Slade Cecconi was activated off the injured list and made his Guardians debut, and it couldn't have gone much better for the right-hander.
The Cleveland Guardians acquired right-hander Slade Cecconi in the offseason trade that sent Josh Naylor to the Arizona Diamondbacks but have yet to see what the pitcher can do for them.
This article is part of a series chronicling the individual seasons of players that appeared for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2024. Reviews for players that still have rookie eligibility for 2025 will appear in our prospect season reviews.
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The Diamondbacks will face game three of a four-game set against the New York Mets at Citi Field today. First pitch is at 1:10 PM Arizona time. They have lost back-to-back games against the Mets, and are on a five-game losing skid.
Former 1st round pick Slade Cecconi was dominant on the mound for the Triple-A Reno Aces in their season opener on Friday. Cecconi, who appeared in seven games with the Diamondbacks last season, tossed five no-hit innings while striking out five batters, with only two base runners reaching based via walks.
This article is part of a series taking a look into individual Diamondbacks player projections as we head into the 2024 spring training. The projections presented are a composite of the rate (percentage) stats from Steamer and ZiPS as published on FanGraphs.
This article is part of a series counting down the Diamondbacks' Top 30 prospects entering the 2024 season. These rankings are determined by Michael McDermott, in conjunction with the Inside the Diamondbacks staff.
Making his MLB debut, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Slade Cecconi was a part of history becoming the first player to record his first career strikeout on an umpire review.