Steven Kwan to 10 day  IL LIST  call up Kyle Manzardo.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Guardians leadoff hitter Steven Kwan is headed to the injured list with a hamstring strain and Cleveland will call up top prospect Kyle Manzardo, a person familiar with the move told the Associated Press on Sunday.

Kwan, who entered the weekend leading the AL in batting, underwent an MRI after leaving Saturday's game with tightness.

The team has the results and intends to place Kwan on the 10-day IL, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Guardians won't make the roster moves until Monday before opening a three-game series with Detroit.

Kwan's injury is giving the Guardians a chance to add the hard-hitting Manzardo, who was acquired last year from Tampa Bay at the trade deadline for pitcher Aaron Civale.

Manzardo is a of middle-of-the-lineup slugger who might be able to bolster Cleveland's light-hitting offensive attack.

The Guardians didn't want to rush Manzardo, so they had him open the season at Triple-A Columbus. But the 23-year-old has been on a tear with the Clippers, hitting eight homers and driving in 14 runs in the last 14 games.

The Guardians believe he's ready to take on major league pitchers.

“He’s been good against left-handed pitching, his approach against lefties has improved,” president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti said before the Guardians beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1 in their series finale on Sunday.

“He’s worked really hard at his defense, both his footwork around the bag and his throwing and he continues to put up and manage really good at-bats.”

Manzardo will likely be used primarily as the team's designated hitter, but can spell Josh Naylor at first base.

Kwan's injury is a blow to the Guardians and the two-time Gold Glove winner, who has been among baseball's best hitters this season.

Before getting hurt while running down a fly ball, the 26-year-old Kwan was batting .353 with a league-leading 47 hits and 28 runs. He has gone 74 straight plate appearances before his last strikeout

~  Coming up next  IN CLEVELAND !

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GAME 35 -  MON MAY 06  DET vs CLE  at 6:10 pm Flagerty vs McKenzie

GAME 36 -  TUE  MAY 07  DET vs CLE at 6:10 pm Maeda vs Allen

GAME 37 - WED  MAY 08  DET vs CLE  at 1:30 pm Olson vs Bibee

  ●~~>  GO Cleveland !  <~~●          ●~~>  PLAY BALL !  <~~●

Saturday May 4  Steven Kwan pulls up early with a left hamstring tightness.

Sunday May 5  he is having an  MRI.   The best lead-off hitter in MLB ?

What's next ?

Saturday May 4,  Steven Kwan pulls up with a left hamstring injury.

Sunday May 5 he is out of the lineup and getting an MRI.

What is next ?

For May 6.

Here's another one you won't see ever come back  BABE RUTH  and his  first  home run in route to pitching  12  innings !   It's rare now to see a CG.

Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

On 5/4/2024 at 12:09 PM, syd said:

128 days

• 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings play their 1st official baseball game, a win against the Great Western Base Ball Club, 45-9

45-9 ?     Wow they don't play games like that anymore.   A few extra grand slams ?

~  AND ~  Another  "Rubber Match"  SUN MAY 05  LAA (12-21) and CLE (21-12)

GAME 34 -  GAME 3 of 3 at 1:40 pm Canning (1-3) vs Cookie (1-2)  PLAY BALL !

Finally,  CLE 2   LAA 1  bottom  6th,  Jose hits a 2R HR MY his 6th. Now b 8th.

~ AND ~ CLE 4  LAA 1,  top 9,  Josh Naylor an insurance 2R HR  WHEW !

10 hours ago, Flugel said:

What has haunted this team is the absolute inability to: 1) draft the right QB in the NFL Draft; and 2) put the right people around the QB they do draft.......

.  ......  AND  .....

......  All that to say, coaching has a profound impact on how well a QB develops as well as who you have protecting them.  Watson is only going to turn 28 this year. QBs like Kurt Warner, Steve Young and Doug Williams didn't play their best football until after they were 28 years old.

Rich Gannon, Brad Johnson, Fran Tarkenton and Jim Plunkett are other QBs that found more success in their later 20s/early 30s.  I think I already shared in a previous thread the dreadful Terry Bradshaw's stats over his first 5-6 years he played; and got benched for guys like Terry Hanratty and Joe Gilliam. Sometimes it's needing more surrounding talent - other times it's the luck of having the right offensive mind assessing how to tweak his offense around the QB.  The opposite of that is the square peg/round hole you alluded.  FWIW, losing a 1st and 2nd string RT + whatever we continue to settle for at LT can lead to watching 5 different guys start at QB in 1 season. 

Any QB that confuses what he's here to do with thinking he's Larry Csonka initiating contact with LBers and DL - needs to be BENCHED by coaches or inevitable injury will do it for them.  Coaching matters so it's a little disturbing to see them waiting until after Watson completed his 1st year here to start planning for the right system and adding coaches. Clemson and Houston were ready for Watson - can we honestly say the Browns were too?

Astute observations by  Mr Flugs  with some  old time NFL FOOTBALL players and our current  Cleveland BROWNS  situatations.

Even though we always wish for our  BROWNS  to do well in every season and in every situation ..... well this might be a tough one.

Let's hope our very high priced current. QB DW can come close to finishing a complete season  -AND-  put up some BIG numbers  -AND-  get into the  PLAYOFFS  -AND-  win some games.

Asking too much ?       

Today's Game  -->  GAME  2 of 3  SAT  MAY 4

GAME 33 -  LAA vs CLE  at 6:10 pm  Detmers (3-2) vs Lively (0-1)

GAME 2 of 3 -  CLE 3  LAA 1,  top 5,  CLE scores 3R on  2HRs.

CLE 7  LAA 1 on Bo Naylor's  FIRST GRAND SLAM HR !  Now top 7.

CLE 7  LAA 1,  final score !    Needed that one.

~ Join us tomorrow,  SUNDAY MAY 5  at 1:30 pm  for the  "Rubber Match"  between the  LAA and our CLE  GUARDIANS !

Attendance :  26,292  tonight  hopefully more tomorrow.   

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GAME  1 of 3  tonight. FRI  MAY 03 .....

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GAME 32 -  MAY 03  LAA (11-20) vs CLE  (20-11)  at 7:10 pm.  Soriano vs Bibee

LAA  6. CLE 0  bottom 6.  nothing going right.

LAA 6  CLE 0  final score,  the GUARDIANS just looked slow all night.

           ~  See you  Saturday  at 6:10 pm  for Game 2 of 3.   ~     

~ AND ~  the  SIX  game home trip .... followed by  FOUR  at  CWS  then  THREE  at  TEX  before  returning  HOME  again ....  -6-  vs  MIN & NYM.

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GAME 32 -  FRI MAY 03  LAA vs CLE   at 7:10 pm.  Soriano vs Bibee.  L

GAME 33 -  SAT MAY 04  LAA vs CLE  at 6:10 pm  Detmers vs Lively

GAME 34 -  SUN MAY 05  LAA vs CLE  at 1:40 pm Canning vs Cookie

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GAME 35 -  MON MAY 06  DET vs CLE  at 6:10 pm Flagerty vs McKenzie

GAME 36 -  TUE  MAY 07  DET vs CLE at 6:10 pm Maeda vs Allen

GAME 37 - WED  MAY 08  DET vs CLE  at 1:30 pm Olson vs Bibee

  ●~~>  GO Cleveland !  <~~●          ●~~>  PLAY BALL !  <~~●

The Upcoming Schedule after  the (20-11)  six game road trip  .......

Fri MAY 3  through  Wed MAY 8  before heading out to Texas  -and-    ~ NO DAYS OFF ! ~

Tue, Apr 30	@Houston	L10-9 F/10	19-10	Hader 1-2	Gaddis 1-1		29,711
Wed, May 1	@Houston	W3-2 F/10	20-10	Smith 1-0	Dubin 0-1	Clase 9	25,733
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	TV	PITCHER	OPP	TICKETS
Thu, May 2	@Houston	LIVE		Allen	Arrighetti	Buy on Vivid Seats
Fri, May 3	vsLos Angeles	7:10 PM		Bibee	Soriano	Tickets as low as $18
Sat, May 4	vsLos Angeles	6:10 PM		Lively	Detmers	Tickets as low as $20
Sun, May 5	vsLos Angeles	1:40 PM		Carrasco	Canning	Tickets as low as $17
Mon, May 6	vsDetroit	6:10 PM	FS1	McKenzie	Flaherty	Tickets as low as $17
Tue, May 7	vsDetroit	6:10 PM		Allen	Maeda	Tickets as low as $11
Wed, May 8	vsDetroit	1:10 PM		Bibee	Olson	Tickets as low as $13
Thu, May 9	@Chicago	7:40 PM		Lively	Fedde	Tickets as low as $5
Fri, May 10	@Chicago	7:40 PM		Carrasco	Crochet	Tickets as low as $8
Sat, May 11	@Chicago	7:10 PM		McKenzie	Soroka	Tickets as low as $8
Sun, May 12	@Chicago	2:10 PM		Allen	Flexen	Tickets as low as $5
Mon, May 13	@Texas	8:05 PM		Bibee	Eovaldi	Tickets as low as $5
Tue, May 14	@Texas	8:05 PM				Tickets as low as $21
Wed, May 15	@Texas	8:05 PM

25 minutes ago, AP1 said:

It's great to see the Tribe going strong!

I'll admit that over the last 20 years, I haven't been as engaged in baseball in May, June, July, and August, but I'm following all 162 games!

My Dad passed away in September and he was faithful in following all season so I'm honoring him.

Glad to see you're honoring your dad's passion for our old love for the  Cleveland  INDIANS   and now the GUARDIANS  (20-10)  is carrying on.   

My dad took me to my first INDIANS game in 1959 and the tradition has carried on to today and beyond.  My dad passed on in 2000 at 80,  but I'll be an INDIANS & GUARDIANS fan plus a BROWNS  fan forever,  I'm 73 npw.

Some things are just eternal.  I'm watching  CLE at HOU now  CLE 2-1.  I like to see kids with their dads at the games.

GO GUARDIANS & BROWNS,  forever.

On 5/1/2024 at 10:24 PM, Dutch Oven said:

I'm probably go with crab

My favorites  1. Crab  2. Shrimp  3. Lobster  -or-  a really good  SALE   price on something.

[ NOTE ]  I will eat any if the price is right.  That's why we had lobster last, it was good for  a break.   Same with grilled fish,  I'm on a Steelhead Trout kick right now -but- same thing with a nice  Grilled  $SALE$  fish  too.   

I've been teaching my wife all of my  steak  tips and tricks, she's getting pretty good.

Same with fish,  but no catching or filet tips  for her.

Tonight .... the  "Rubber Match"   at 8:10 pm  in  HOU, Texas !

GAME 29  -  APR 30  CLE in HOU 8:10 pm Carrasco vs Brown.  L  in OT.

Steven Kwan is the real deal,  hopefully he wants to be a Cleveland GUARDIAN  for a long, long time .....  like the team leader Jose Ramirez.

We have a good group here right now .... sure are fun to watch every night.  

AND TONIGHT ......

Logan Allen (3-1, 5.46) will start for the Guards at 8:10 p.m. Bally Sports Great Lakes, MLB Network, WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians Radio Network will carry the game.

★★  Trivia time: Steven Kwan is the fifth player in Cleveland franchise history with seven 3-hit games in the club’s first 30 contests of the season. Can you name any of the other four hitters to accomplish the feat? Answer below.

What’s next

Here’s what’s next for the Guardians following Thursday’s game against Houston:

★★  Trivia answer: Besides Kwan, the other four players with at least seven 3-hit games in the club’s first 30 of a season are Lyn Lary, 1937 (10 times); Nap Lajoie, 1904 (8); Tris Speaker, 1922 (7); Freddy Spurgeon, 1926 (7).

Impressed yet ?     You should be.

★★  Steve  Kwan  ★★

Volume opponent

Astros righty Justin Verlander made his 56th career start against Cleveland, taking a no decision in Wednesday’s contest. It’s the most games against any one opponent for the 19-year veteran and future Hall of Famer.

Verlander has compiled a 23-24 mark in those 56 starts with a 4.41 ERA in 352 2/3 innings. He has allowed 319 hits and 126 walks while giving up 132 earned runs. He has 366 career strikeouts against Cleveland hitters, more than any other opponent he has faced.

Verlander’s 366 strikeouts are the second-most among active pitchers and 35th all-time against a single opponent behind Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw, who has 402 punchouts in his career against the Giants.

More Guardians coverage

• Putting Steven Kwan up against the best leadoff hitter in Guardians franchise history (Podcast)
• Guardians vs. Astros: Watch one of MLB’s most exciting teams for free tonight
• Steven Kwan’s walk-off catch was a Gold Glove dream: Guardians Breakfast

★ Tonight’s game (0-3 ?)

The Guardians will face winless rookie Spencer Arrighetti on Thursday in the series finale at Minute Maid Park.

Arrighetti (0-3  10.97 ) struck out seven but allowed seven hits and four runs in 3 2/3 innings in his last start, against the Cubs.

Arrighetti, 24, has pitched in parts of four minor league seasons with the Astros, going 19-15 with a 4.37 ERA.

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Steve Kwan does it again !  CLE 3 HOU 2 in OT AGAIN.

1. GUARDIANS

Steven Kwan’s walk-off catch was a Gold Glove dream: Guardians Breakfast

• Updated: May. 02, 2024, 3:45 p.m.|
• Published: May. 02, 2024, 10:11 a.m.

4 hours ago, Dutch Oven said:

I think I just might have to make that seafood salad this weekend mjp. 

Holy smokes, that looks amazing. 

With shrimp, lobster  or  crab ?   The choice is  yours.    

On 4/3/2024 at 7:08 PM, Vambo said:

About the Browns & contract extensions; Nick Chubb; Cade York & more – Terry Pluto - cleveland.com

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The last Browns coach/GM combination to receive a contract extension was Romeo Crennel and Phil Savage.

It was right after the Halley’s Comet season of 2007. I call it that because it came out of nowhere. Led by Derek Anderson, the Browns finished 10-6.

In the first two years of the Crennel/Savage regime, the Browns were 6-10 and 4-12. They needed a big season in 2007 to keep their jobs, and along came Anderson and the 10-6 record. That led to contract extensions for Crennel, Savage and several key assistant coaches including Rob Chudzinski.

Then came 2008 … injuries … back to 4-12, like 2006. All the key people were fired, and owner Randy Lerner brought in Eric Mangini to run everything. Crennel/Savage lasted four years. Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam are working on contract extensions for GM Andrew Berry and coach Kevin Stefanski. They have been together for four years. The way they worked together in 2023 was impressive, because things could have collapsed after Nick Chubb and Deshaun Watson went down for the season. Chubb played three quarters. Watson played only five full games. Berry and Stefanski are entering the final year of the contracts they signed in 2020. That’s the reason for the extensions, along with rewarding them for a good job. Since Berry and Stefanski arrived, the whisper of “internal discord” and other in-fighting on the Browns ended. I’m sure they’ve had their disputes. But they don’t go public and point fingers of blame at each other. That’s critical to building success and dealing with adversity. Until they arrived, the Browns were known for the feuds within the building and power struggles. It’s a relief to see the operation run professionally.

BEING REAL ABOUT RUNNING BACKS  

The Browns keep adding running backs, and that’s smart. They signed veteran D’Onta Foreman. I’ve always liked him in terms of being a solid back. He joins Jerome Ford and Pierre Strong from last season. Yes, the Browns also signed Nyheim Hines, but he’s mostly a special teams guy and perhaps a running back who can catch passes. What about Nick Chubb? The Browns are encouraged about his progress, but not wanting to put any timetable on his return. “Call it three months,” Berry told cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot and a few other media members at the owners meetings. “That will be pretty telling in terms of his potential readiness for early in the season. We’re going to be conservative in terms of our approach in our assessment with building the roster because he’s coming off of a major knee injury.” It’s doubtful most people know exactly what Chubb is facing. He injured his knee in the second quarter of a Sept. 18, 2023, loss in Pittsburgh. That led to surgery to repair the MCL in September. 

But there also was damage to the ACL in the same knee. That led to another operation – on Nov. 14, 2023. The original plan was for two surgeries because of the severity of the knee injury. Making it more complicated, Chubb suffered a major injury to the same knee in 2015 while playing at Georgia. “He had torn the PCL (posterior cruciate ligament), MCL (medial collateral) and LCL (lateral collateral) in an instant,” wrote NFL.com’s Chase Goodbread about Chubb’s Georgia injury. “There was cartilage damage as well. Yet somehow, his ACL -- the ligament that typically results in a season-ender when torn -- was intact. That there were three torn ligaments made Chubb’s injury very serious; that the ACL wasn’t torn made it very unique.” But this time, he also ripped the ACL. The Browns are simply being smart. The more respectable running backs, the better. It also allows Chubb to not rush the process.

THEN THERE’S QUARTERBACKS

The Browns sound very upbeat about Deshaun Watson’s progress from shoulder surgery. He has started throwing. Watson had surgery on Nov. 21, 2023 to repair his fractured right shoulder socket. It’s not a common injury for a quarterback. It’s to fine to project he’ll play well and be healthy at least for most season. ut the wise move is to have QBs. Lots of QBs. That’s why Berry quickly signed veteran Jameis Winston as the primary backup. Then he was surprised and pleased to see former Ravens QB Tyler Huntley available. Berry said this to the media at the owners meetings about Huntley: “Quarterback’s the most important position. We wouldn’t stop acquiring offensive or defensive linemen. We wouldn’t do the same at quarterback.” The 30-year-old Winston has started 80 NFL games. Huntley has started nine. The Browns also have Dorian Thompson-Robinson (DTR), who started three games last season. After going through five different QBs last season, this is a wise approach. It’s OK to hope for the best-case scenario when it comes to Watson and Chubb. But the Browns have to be realistic and plan for the worst.

HOW ABOUT KICKERS?

The same philosophy holds when it comes to finding someone behind Dustin Hopkins. The main reason the Chargers were willing to trade Hopkins to the Browns at the end of the 2023 training camp was his history of injuries, especially hamstrings.Hopkins played only five games for the Chargers in 2022. He made it through 15 games for the Browns in 2023 before hurting his hamstring again.

SIDENOTE: I do wish kickers and QBs would stop trying to act like football players and make tackles. That’s how Baker Mayfield hurt his shoulder with the Browns in 2021. Hopkins was chasing a return man when he pulled his hamstring. Anyway, Hopkins is back … and so is Cade York, the kicker he replaced.

The fact that York was cut by Cleveland, and then by the Giants and Titans doesn’t bother me. Phil Dawson was cut three times before finally making the Browns in 1999.Hopkins was cut by Buffalo, New Orleans and Washington during his career. Most kickers – even good ones – are cut at least once early in their careers.

York is there for protection on the practice squad, and maybe he’ll figure it out.

 

 

 

 

Hey Vambo,  turned out to be an  INTERESTING  thread.   mjp.

Including the  2024 NFL DRAFT  days.

31 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

My famous Portuguese soup and I make a turkey-rice soup made from leftover turkey dark meat and the gravy my wife makes from the turkey drippings.

syd and his famous lentel soup.

Tex with his long loved Portuguese soup .... all favorites here.   

5 minutes ago, TexasAg1969 said:

And will praise God the first time you trudge through 3 feet of snow while it's still falling so hard you can't see 50 ft. while bundled up for the 10 degree 30 mph winds.🌬️😂

OH YES !   I remember those days in high school. .....  and a few in college and some great ones at the  OL' MUNI !   

I'm too old  for that stuff,  give me a dome now.   My body isn't a bleacher bod any more.     

On 4/24/2024 at 10:25 PM, Dutch Oven said:

Hence why I wrote that the logical part of me understands why the team could end up in a dome. 

Hey what fun is  logic ?  Now go all in for the .... BROWNS in a luxury DOME .....  BABY !