2026 Cleveland Guardians season

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The 2026 Cleveland Guardians season is the 126th season for the franchise, which competes in the American League of Major League Baseball (MLB).

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkProgressive Field
Record54–53 (.505)
OwnersPaul Dolan
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2026 Cleveland Guardians
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkProgressive Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record54–53 (.505)
OwnersPaul Dolan
President of baseball operationsChris Antonetti
General managersMike Chernoff
ManagerStephen Vogt
TelevisionMLB Local Media
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning, Chris Gimenez, Andre Knott, Al Pawlowski, Jensen Lewis, Pat Tabler)
RadioEnglish:
WTAM · WMMS
(Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Tim Belcher, Charles Nagy, Pat Tabler)
Spanish:
WARF
(Rafa Hernández-Brito, Carlos Baerga)
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Regular season

Standings

American League Central

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 5551 .519 — 32‍–‍21 23‍–‍30
Cleveland Guardians 5554 .505 1½ 27‍–‍26 28‍–‍28
Minnesota Twins 5454 .500 2 29‍–‍26 25‍–‍28
Detroit Tigers 5157 .472 5 30‍–‍26 21‍–‍31
Kansas City Royals 4563 .417 11 26‍–‍27 19‍–‍36
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American League Wild Card

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Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 6244 .585
Chicago White Sox 5551 .519
Texas Rangers 5552 .514
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Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 6146 .570 +7
Boston Red Sox 5550 .524 +2
Cleveland Guardians 5554 .505 —
Minnesota Twins 5454 .500 ½
Houston Astros 5355 .491 1½
Seattle Mariners 5255 .486 2
Baltimore Orioles 5256 .481 2½
Detroit Tigers 5157 .472 3½
Toronto Blue Jays 4959 .454 5½
Kansas City Royals 4563 .417 9½
Athletics 4462 .415 9½
Los Angeles Angels 4265 .393 12
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Record against opponents

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2026 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2026

Team ATH BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Athletics —2–10–01–51–20–03–32–16–51-23–32–40–04–30–317–19
Baltimore 1–2—3–34–21–32–12–12–11–22–12–53–43–31–23–410–14
Boston 0–03–3—3–02–15–21–53–03-01–55–42–11–52–11–511–16
Chicago 5–12–40–3—2–23–30–07–34–24–31–23–30–30–03–014–15
Cleveland 2–13–11–22–2—6–02–44–33–04-62–44–31–22–41–212–12
Detroit 0–01–22–53–30–6—2–54–21–22–54–22–13–02–21–211–13
Houston 3–31–25–10–04–25–2—2–13–42–41–21–70–05–22–19–15
Kansas City 1–21–20–33–73–42–41–2—3–05–20–65–12–51–50–08–10
Los Angeles 5–62–10-32–40–32–14–30–3—1-22–22–43–33–02–49–18
Minnesota 2-11–25–13–46-45–24–22–52-1—2–11–21–53–04–312–21
New York 3–35–24–52–14–22–42–16–02–21–2—2–13–64–24–315–12
Seattle 4–24–31–23–33–41–27–11–54–22–11–2—1–22–42–113–12
Tampa Bay 0–03–35–13–02–10–30–05–23–35–16–32–1—0–05–116–17
Texas 3–42–11–20–04–22–22–55–10–30–32–44–20–0—4–016–14
Toronto 3–04–35–10–32–12–11–20–04–23–43–41–21–50–4—13–16
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Updated with the results of all games through July 19, 2026.

Game log

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2026 Game Log: 54–53 (Home: 27–26; Road: 27–27)
March/April: 16–16 (Home: 9–7; Road: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 26@ Mariners6–4Brogdon (1–0)Speier (0–1)Smith (1)44,9381–0W1
2March 27@ Mariners1–5Kirby (1–0)Williams (0–1)—36,9871–1L1
3March 28@ Mariners6–5 (10)Smith (1–0)Muñoz (0–1)Brogdon (1)43,2832–1W1
4March 29@ Mariners0–8Hancock (1–0)Cecconi (0–1)Criswell (1)30,8002–2L1
5March 30@ Dodgers4–2Messick (1–0)Sasaki (0–1)—52,1733–2W1
6March 31@ Dodgers1–4Ohtani (1–0)Bibee (0–1)—53,6143–3L1
7April 1@ Dodgers4–1Williams (1–1)Yamamoto (1–1)—45,5564–3W1
8April 3Cubs4–1Brogdon (2–0)Harvey (0–1)Smith (2)37,3605–3W2
—April 4CubsPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: April 5)
9April 5 (1)Cubs0–1Thielbar (1–0)Brogdon (2–1)Palencia (1)see 2nd game5–4L1
10April 5 (2)Cubs6–5Armstrong (1–0)Webb (0–1)Smith (3)19,7916–4W1
11April 6Royals2–4Wacha (1–0)Pallette (0–1)Erceg (3)13,1436–5L1
12April 7Royals2–1Smith (2–0)Schreiber (0–1)—10,3287–5W1
13April 8Royals10–2Cantillo (1–0)Ragans (0–3)Festa (1)14,7348–5W2
14April 10@ Braves5–11Kinley (2–0)Cecconi (0–2)—40,3638–6L1
15April 11@ Braves6–0Messick (2–0)Pérez (0–1)—40,1959–6W1
16April 12@ Braves1–13Sale (3–1)Bibee (0–2)Dodd (1)29,0849–7L1
17April 13@ Cardinals9–3Williams (2–1)Liberatore (0–1)—17,90110–7W1
18April 14@ Cardinals5–6 (10)O'Brien (2–0)Herrin (0–1)—20,77210–8L1
19April 15@ Cardinals3–5May (2–2)Brogdon (2–2)O'Brien (5)22,64210–9L2
20April 16Orioles4–2Messick (3–0)Baz (0–2)Smith (4)14,74811–9W1
21April 17Orioles4–6Garcia (2–0)Sabrowski (0–1)Helsley (6)23,98811–10L1
22April 18Orioles4–2Williams (3–1)Kremer (0–1)Smith (5)20,78312–10W1
23April 19Orioles8–4Festa (1–0)Rogers (2–2)—17,40813–10W2
24April 20Astros2–9Arrighetti (2–0)Cecconi (0–3)—12,56513–11L1
25April 21Astros8–5Pallette (1–1)De Los Santos (0–1)—15,44814–11W1
26April 22Astros0–2Lambert (1–1)Bibee (0–3)De Los Santos (3)15,72214–12L1
27April 24@ Blue Jays8–6Williams (4–1)Scherzer (1–3)Smith (6)41,67115–12W1
28April 25@ Blue Jays3–5Gausman (2–1)Cantillo (1–1)Varland (2)41,54315–13L1
29April 26@ Blue Jays2–4Fisher (1–0)Cecconi (0–4)Varland (3)41,13615–14L2
30April 27Rays2–3Matz (4–1)Gaddis (0–1)Baker (7)18,02915–15L3
31April 28Rays0–1Martinez (2–1)Bibee (0–4)Sulser (1)16,21315–16L4
32April 29Rays3–1Williams (5–1)Rasmussen (2–1)Smith (7)14,19616–16W1
May: 18–11 (Home: 8–7; Road: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
33May 1@ Athletics8–5Sabrowski (1–1)Ginn (0–1)Smith (8)12,12217–16W2
34May 2@ Athletics14–6Cecconi (1–4)Lopez (2–2)—11,39018–16W3
35May 3@ Athletics1–7Civale (3–1)Messick (3–1)—12,19418–17L1
36May 4@ Royals2–6Wacha (3–2)Bibee (0–5)—16,43418–18L2
37May 5@ Royals3–5Kolek (1–0)Williams (5–2)Erceg (10)13,10218–19L3
38May 6@ Royals3–1Cantillo (2–1)Avila (0–2)Smith (9)13,03919–19W1
39May 7@ Royals8–5Cecconi (2–4)Lugo (1–2)Smith (10)24,89220–19W2
40May 8Twins6–4Messick (4–1)Prielipp (1–1)Smith (11)19,03021–19W3
41May 9Twins1–2 (11)Orze (1–1)Pallette (1–2)García (1)28,23021–20L1
42May 10Twins4–5Rojas (1–0)Williams (5–3)Gómez (2)22,47521–21L2
43May 11Angels7–2Cantillo (3–1)Suter (1–2)—15,49222–21W1
44May 12Angels3–2Gaddis (1–1)Ureña (1–4)Smith (12)16,35523–21W2
45May 13Angels4–2Messick (5–1)Detmers (1–4)Smith (13)21,14224–21W3
46May 15Reds6–7Abbott (3–2)Bibee (0–6)Antone (1)27,90324–22L1
47May 16Reds7–4Sabrowski (2–1)Moll (1–3)Smith (14)33,33125–22W1
48May 17Reds10–3Williams (6–3)Singer (2–4)—27,38826–22W2
49May 18@ Tigers8–2Cecconi (3–4)Valdez (2–3)—18,91327–22W3
50May 19@ Tigers4–3Holderman (1–0)Holton (0–3)Smith (15)21,23928–22W4
51May 20@ Tigers3–2 (10)Holderman (2–0)Holton (0–4)Smith (16)20,45029–22W5
52May 21@ Tigers3–1Cantillo (4–1)Mize (2–3)Gaddis (1)25,68730–22W6
53May 22@ Phillies1–0Williams (7–3)Durán (1–2)Smith (17)38,09231–22W7
54May 23@ Phillies0–3Wheeler (4–0)Cecconi (3–5)Durán (9)36,12531–23L1
55May 24@ Phillies3–1Messick (6–1)Painter (1–5)Smith (18)37,80832–23W1
56May 25Nationals2–10Littell (4–4)Bibee (0–7)—25,49432–24L1
57May 26Nationals3–6Cavalli (3–3)Cantillo (4–2)Parker (1)21,47332–25L2
58May 27Nationals3–2Williams (8–3)Mikolas (1–4)Smith (19)19,55933–25W1
59May 29Red Sox4–3Holderman (3–0)Samaniego (0–3)Smith (20)34,40434–25W2
60May 30Red Sox1–9Gray (6–1)Festa (1–1)—35,74034–26L1
61May 31Red Sox4–9Morán (1–2)Holderman (3–1)—28,79834–27L2
June: 10–15 (Home: 4–6; Road: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
62June 2@ Yankees9–4Holderman (4–1)Schlittler (7–3)—41,04535–27W1
63June 3@ Yankees5–4Williams (9–3)Cole (1–1)Smith (21)37,68336–27W2
64June 4@ Yankees1–2Headrick (4–1)Heuer (0–1)Bednar (13)39,50436–28L1
65June 5@ Rangers2–3Gray (2–0)Messick (6–2)Latz (9)27,73836–29L2
66June 6@ Rangers6–0Bibee (1–7)Leiter (3–5)—31,60837–29W1
67June 7@ Rangers0–10deGrom (5–4)Cantillo (4–3)—34,85137–30L1
68June 8Yankees5–7 (10)Bednar (2–3)Armstrong (1–1)—29,51737–31L2
69June 9Yankees2–3Doval (2–0)Herrin (0–2)Cruz (1)27,15437–32L3
70June 10Yankees4–8Rodón (2–2)Messick (6–3)—31,58637–33L4
71June 12Tigers3–2Bibee (2–7)Flaherty (1–8)Smith (22)35,42738–33W1
72June 13Tigers3–1Cantillo (5–3)Skubal (3–3)Smith (23)32,68339–33W2
―June 14TigersPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: September 4)
73June 16@ Brewers1–2Ashby (10–0)Gaddis (1–2)Megill (9)30,02539–34L1
74June 17@ Brewers4–9Patrick (4–3)Williams (9–4)—30,45239–35L2
75June 18@ Brewers4–2Messick (7–3)Anderson (1–3)Smith (24)36,38640–35W1
76June 19@ Astros3–9Imai (4–3)Bibee (2–8)—33,27940–36L1
77June 20@ Astros8–1Cantillo (6–3)Arrighetti (7–3)—32,67841–36W1
78June 21@ Astros1–2Teng (4–6)Cecconi (3–6)Hader (5)36,80741–37L1
79June 22@ White Sox5–6Murphy (2–0)Smith (2–1)—23,15141–38L2
80June 23@ White Sox1–2Burke (5–6)Messick (7–4)Newcomb (2)28,88341–39L3
81June 24@ White Sox4–3 (10)Armstrong (2–1)Taylor (2–1)—17,66442–39W1
82June 26Mariners1–3Castillo (3–6)Herrin (0–3)Muñoz (15)32,83242–40L1
83June 27Mariners4–3Cecconi (4–6)Gilbert (6–5)Smith (25)33,30943–40W1
84June 28Mariners6–5Festa (2–1)Rucker (0–1)Smith (26)27,93444–40W2
85June 29Rangers3–6Ahlstrom (3–0)Messick (7–5)Latz (17)20,37944–41L1
86June 30Rangers2–4deGrom (7–5)Bibee (2–9)Latz (18)21,67444–42L2
July: 10–11 (Home: 6–6; Road: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
87July 1Rangers9–4Cantillo (7–3)Gore (5–7)—20,14145–42W1
88July 2White Sox6–5Herrin (1–3)Taylor (4–2)—22,55646–42W2
89July 3White Sox4–3 (10)Sabrowski (3–1)Newcomb (0–2)—33,64647–42W3
90July 4White Sox1–3Eisert (2–1)Herrin (1–4)Taylor (3)31,72747–43L1
91July 5White Sox6–7Fedde (4–6)Holderman (4–2)Newcomb (3)22,61647–44L2
92July 7@ Twins1–3Bradley (8–3)Cantillo (7–4)Gómez (10)17,81347–45L3
93July 8@ Twins5–6Gómez (1–0)Festa (2–2)—14,90147–46L4
94July 9@ Twins5–2Williams (10–4)Rojas (1–1)Smith (27)22,22148–46W1
95July 10@ Marlins3–2Messick (8–5)Alcántara (10–5)Smith (28)15,60549–46W2
96July 11@ Marlins4–1Bibee (3–9)Pérez (5–7)Holderman (1)16,07050–46W3
97July 12@ Marlins5–2Cantillo (8–4)Phillips (2–4)—17,14751–46W4
96th All-Star Game: Philadelphia, PA
―July 17PiratesPostponed (smoke) (Makeup date: July 18)
98July 18 (1)Pirates1–7Jones (2–1)Williams (10–5)—27,98951–47L1
99July 18 (2)Pirates5–3Smith (3–1)Santana (2–5)—32,99752–47W1
100July 19Pirates1–7Skenes (9–8)Cantillo (8–5)—31,97352–48L1
101July 20Twins13–4Bibee (4–9)Ryan (6–6)—22,50153–48W1
102July 21Twins5–2Holderman (5–2)Paredes (0–3)Smith (29)19,71454–48W2
103July 22Twins6–10Adams (2–0)Cecconi (4–7)—22,80754–49L1
104July 23Twins1–3 (12)Rogers (5–3)Sabrowski (3–2)Anderson (1)27,35454–50L2
105July 24@ Rays3–11McClanahan (9–6)Cantillo (8–6)Roycroft (1)19,09954–51L3
106July 25@ Rays0–3Martinez (10–2)Bibee (4–10)Baker (27)24,10054–52L4
107July 26@ Rays0–1Rasmussen (9–5)Messick (8–6)Baker (28)20,56254–53L5
―July 27@ RedsPostponed (rain) (Makeup date: July 28)
108July 28 (1)@ Reds—(—)(—)——
109July 28 (2)@ Reds—(—)(—)——
110July 29@ Reds—(—)(—)——
111July 31Diamondbacks—(—)(—)——
August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
112August 1Diamondbacks—(—)(—)——
113August 2Diamondbacks—(—)(—)——
114August 4Mets—(—)(—)——
115August 5Mets—(—)(—)——
116August 6Mets—(—)(—)——
117August 7@ White Sox—(—)(—)——
118August 8@ White Sox—(—)(—)——
119August 9@ White Sox—(—)(—)——
120August 11@ Tigers—(—)(—)——
121August 12@ Tigers—(—)(—)——
122August 13@ Tigers—(—)(—)——
123August 14Padres—(—)(—)——
124August 15Padres—(—)(—)——
125August 16Padres—(—)(—)——
126August 18Giants—(—)(—)——
127August 19Giants—(—)(—)——
128August 20Giants—(—)(—)——
129August 21@ Rockies—(—)(—)——
130August 22@ Rockies—(—)(—)——
131August 23@ Rockies—(—)(—)——
132August 24@ Angels—(—)(—)——
133August 25@ Angels—(—)(—)——
134August 26@ Angels—(—)(—)——
135August 28Royals—(—)(—)——
136August 29Royals—(—)(—)——
137August 30Royals—(—)(—)——
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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138September 1Blue Jays—(—)(—)——
139September 2Blue Jays—(—)(—)——
140September 3Blue Jays—(—)(—)——
141September 4 (1)Tigers—(—)(—)——
142September 4 (2)Tigers—(—)(—)——
143September 5Tigers—(—)(—)——
144September 6Tigers—(—)(—)——
145September 7@ Orioles—(—)(—)——
146September 8@ Orioles—(—)(—)——
147September 9@ Orioles—(—)(—)——
148September 11@ Twins—(—)(—)——
149September 12@ Twins—(—)(—)——
150September 13@ Twins—(—)(—)——
151September 14White Sox—(—)(—)——
152September 15White Sox—(—)(—)——
153September 16White Sox—(—)(—)——
154September 18Athletics—(—)(—)——
155September 19Athletics—(—)(—)——
156September 20Athletics—(—)(—)——
157September 22@ Red Sox—(—)(—)——
158September 23@ Red Sox—(—)(—)——
159September 24@ Red Sox—(—)(—)——
160September 25@ Royals—(—)(—)——
161September 26@ Royals—(—)(—)——
162September 27@ Royals—(—)(—)——
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Current roster

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Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer(s)

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

  • 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (first base/catching)
  • 57 Tony Arnerich (bench coach)
  • 85 Junior Betances (assistant hitting)
  • 56 Grant Fink (hitting)
  • 81 Brad Goldberg (assistant pitching)
  • 88 Caleb Longshore (bullpen)
  • 84 J. T. Maguire (outfield/base running)
  • 87 Andy McKay (field coordinator)
  • 53 Rouglas Odor (third base/infield)
  • 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher)
  • 83 Dan Puente (assistant hitting)
  • 89 Agustin Rivero (coach/interpreter)
  • 72 Eric Rodríguez (bullpen catcher)
  • 86 Joe Torres (assistant pitching)
  • -- Josh Tubbs (hitting analyst)
  • 51 Carl Willis (pitching)


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Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Andy Tracy
AA Akron RubberDucks Eastern League Greg DiCenzo
High-A Lake County Captains Midwest League Omir Santos
Low–A Hill City Howlers Carolina League Erlin Cerda
Rookie ACL Guardians Arizona Complex League Juan De La Cruz
Rookie DSL Guardians Goryl Dominican Summer League Mac Seibert
Rookie DSL Guardians Mendoza Dominican Summer League Jonathan López
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