Casey Drottar

Mike Piazza has spent the past few years trying to rebuild the foundation of baseball in Italy. What does a challenge that imposing involve for the Hall of Fame catcher? I spoke with him to find out: mlb.com/news/mike-piaz…

If Clayton Kershaw is saying "I don't know how you hit" somebody's pitches, you know said pitches are god damn electric

Quite a "legend meets the future" statline in Milwaukee tonight

The Guardians have put up 6 earned runs on Hunter Brown, the most he's given up in a game since July 6 of last season

Jacob Misiorowski has since struck out 10 and it's only the fourth inning

So I think Oneil Cruz is ready for the Home Run Derby

Shohei Ohtani with a rude introduction to Jacob Misiorowski

Christian Yelich as of May 21: 7 HRs, 26 RBIs in 48 games Christian Yelich since then: 11 HRs, 37 RBIs in 38 games

The Guardians have scored more than 2 runs in a game for the second time since June 29

BREAKING: The Washington Nationals have fired general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez, sources tell ESPN.

Shane Smith is the second Rule 5 pick in the last 40 years to be an All-Star the year after being selected, joining 2006 Dan Uggla h/t @EliasSports

Matthew Boyd making his first All-Star Game after getting his career back on track last year is good baseball

Cade Smith is now taking it both in the teeth and off the arm in the 10th

There’s pain and there’s what Guardians fans have had to endure lately

The Guardians have been held to one run or fewer in six of their past nine games. In that time, they’ve fallen from 0.5 games to 5.5 games out of the last Wild Card spot. If this isn’t the breaking point to make lineup changes, it’s really hard to imagine what is.

I'm not sure how Ernie Clement made this play all in one motion but he did and it's damn impressive

Forget Waveland Ave. Yohel Pozo damn near sent this go-ahead blast to Evanston.

"Michael Busch hit a home run" is becoming quite an evergreen update this weekend

If you were wondering… Last player to homer in a game he pitched on his birthday: 8/22/02 Randy Wolf Only Dodger to do so: 7/23/65 Don Drysdale

The Guardians seem content with the belief that their lineup as is will eventually get going. The problem is most of the players who are struggling right now are not doing so uncharacteristically.

Cleveland Guardians right-hander Luis Ortiz is under investigation for gambling, a source confirms to ESPN. Ortiz was placed on paid leave by MLB earlier today amid a league investigation into gambling activities. First on the news of gambling were @Ken_Rosenthal and @ZackMeisel.