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Washington Post
12 hours ago
- Health
- Washington Post
Guardians ace Shane Bieber scratches 2nd rehab start due to soreness
NEW YORK — Guardians ace Shane Bieber had a setback in a bullpen session and will not make his second rehab start, Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said Thursday. Bieber underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in April 2024. He was scheduled to make a rehab start with Double-A Akron on Friday, but experienced soreness during a bullpen session on Tuesday. 'That's all we know right now, that he's not going to throw tomorrow,' Vogt said before Cleveland face the New York Yankees in the teams' series finale. Bieber is scheduled to meet with team doctors and consult with specialist Dr. Keith Meister. Vogt said he would have a further update before Friday's game against Houston. Bieber began his rehab Saturday by throwing 2 1/3 scoreless innings in an Arizona Complex League game on his 30th birthday. The 2020 American League Cy Young Award winner faced nine batters, allowed one hit and struck out five. Bieber pitched 12 scoreless innings in two starts last season, was limited to 21 starts in 2023 due to elbow issues and 16 starts in 2021 because of a shoulder strain. He agreed to a one-year, $14 million contract last fall with a $16 million player option for 2026. Bieber is 62-32 with a 3.22 ERA in 136 appearances since debuting with the Guardians in 2018, when he was 11-5 with a 4.55 ERA. ___ More AP baseball:
Associated Press
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Associated Press
Guardians ace Shane Bieber scratches 2nd rehab start due to soreness
NEW YORK (AP) — Guardians ace Shane Bieber had a setback in a bullpen session and will not make his second rehab start, Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said Thursday. Bieber underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in April 2024. He was scheduled to make a rehab start with Double-A Akron on Friday, but experienced soreness during a bullpen session on Tuesday. 'That's all we know right now, that he's not going to throw tomorrow,' Vogt said before Cleveland face the New York Yankees in the teams' series finale. Bieber is scheduled to meet with team doctors and consult with specialist Dr. Keith Meister. Vogt said he would have a further update before Friday's game against Houston. Bieber began his rehab Saturday by throwing 2 1/3 scoreless innings in an Arizona Complex League game on his 30th birthday. The 2020 American League Cy Young Award winner faced nine batters, allowed one hit and struck out five. Bieber pitched 12 scoreless innings in two starts last season, was limited to 21 starts in 2023 due to elbow issues and 16 starts in 2021 because of a shoulder strain. He agreed to a one-year, $14 million contract last fall with a $16 million player option for 2026. Bieber is 62-32 with a 3.22 ERA in 136 appearances since debuting with the Guardians in 2018, when he was 11-5 with a 4.55 ERA. ___ More AP baseball:
Associated Press
6 days ago
- General
- Associated Press
Trout returns to Angels' lineup in a new spot after being activated off the injured list
CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike Trout originally expected to return to the Los Angeles Angels' lineup on Monday in Boston. It turns out the timeline was moved up one series and three days. Trout was activated off the injured list before Friday night's game against the Cleveland Guardians. The Angels slugger missed 26 games with soreness in his left knee eventually diagnosed as a bone bruise. The three-time American League MVP had two operations last year on the knee after tearing his meniscus. 'I'm just itching to get out there,' Trout said before the game. 'I think came out of the other day (of running bases) good. I wasn't too sore or anything, I told them I was good enough to go out there and have some good at-bats.' Trout's return comes with something he hasn't done in his 15-year big league career. This will be the first time in 1,532 starts that he will be hitting fifth in the lineup. The only other time Trout batted fifth in 1,547 previous games was on May 14, 2022, against the Athletics, when he entered in the fourth inning and finished the game in center field. 'We know where Mike Trout is in the order. It doesn't matter where he is hitting, he could be hitting ninth,' Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. 'It's got to be a different feeling for sure for them. I mean, he's been in the two or three hole for what, 12 years now? But he's still a really good player.' Manager Ron Washington is happy to have Trout back, especially since he noted Trout wasn't aggressive in rushing back. Washington also knows that Trout isn't ready to return to his normal spot batting second or third. 'He hasn't seen anything. So when you look at what we have, that's where he sits,' Washington said. 'It doesn't make sense for him to protect (Logan) O'Hoppe. So I'll put Mike behind him to protect O'Hoppe. He's not ready to be at the top of the lineup, especially with those guys up there. As we go along the next couple of days, he's not going to remain fifth.' The 33-year old Trout was hitting .179 with nine home runs, 18 RBIs and a .727 OPS in 29 games before the injury. He will be the designated hitter for the weekend series against the Guardians before possibly returning to right field when the Halos head to Boston on Monday for a three-game series. Even though Trout has shied away from wanting to be the designated hitter, he has done well in that spot. In seven games this season, he is 8 for 28 (.286) with six home runs and nine RBIs. Trout said whether or not he plays more games than originally planned at DH the remainder of the season is something that remains to be seen. 'Bone bruises are tricky. I know I am going to be sore but I can deal with it,' he said. 'I definitely have to be cautious, especially the first couple games.' Trout's return comes with the Angels on a five-game skid after an eight-game winning streak that included a three-game sweep of the defending World Series champion Dodgers. Los Angeles were 25-30 going into Friday's game. 'There's so many games that any sense of newness or something to make you excited is something that you'd latch on to. So today is definitely a moment like that,' O'Hoppe said about Trout's return. 'He's the heart of this organization. So we're happy to have our heart beating again for sure.' Trout has missed 404 of the Angels' 664 games — almost 61% — since May 17, 2021, when he tore his calf muscle against Cleveland and was sidelined for the rest of that season. This is the fifth straight year he has had a stint of at least 25 games on the IL. He missed five weeks of the 2022 season with a back injury, and all but one game after July 3 in 2023 after he broke a bone in his hand on a foul ball. Trout played in 29 games last season before the meniscus injury. ___ AP MLB:
Associated Press
23-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Guardians' right-hander Ben Lively will have Tommy John surgery and miss rest of the season
DETROIT (AP) — Guardians pitcher Ben Lively will undergo Tommy John reconstruction surgery on his right elbow and will be sidelined for the rest of the season. The Guardians said before Friday night's game at Detroit that Lively's surgical date has not been set, but it will be performed by Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas. The right-hander is expected to miss 12-16 months. Lively — on the injured list since May 13 due to a strained right flexor tendon — sought a second opinion on his right elbow with Meister earlier this week. Meister confirmed the presence of a flexor tendon injury while also noting medial elbow joint laxity due to an insufficient ulnar collateral ligament. The Guardians physicians and Meister recommended UCL reconstruction along with flexor tendon repair. Lively exited the May 12 game against the Milwaukee Brewers after going three scoreless innings. Manager Stephen Vogt said when Lively went on the IL that he felt some discomfort after his start at Washington on May 6, but that he didn't experience it again until he threw a couple of warm up pitches before the fourth inning six days later. Lively was 2-2 with a 3.22 ERA in 10 starts this season. He allowed only one run in 14 innings in three May starts. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
With Lively on IL, Cecconi states his case for Guardians
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Slade Cecconi throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean) CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians need someone to take Ben Lively's spot in the rotation. In his Guardians debut on Saturday, right-hander Slade Cecconi showed he could be that guy. Cecconi allowed three runs on five hits in five innings, including Will Benson's solo homer in a 4-1 loss to the Reds. Advertisement He also tied a career-high with eight strikeouts with no walks, becoming the third Guardians pitcher to record eight or more strikeouts and not walk a batter in his team debut, joining Tanner Bibee in 2023 and Floyd Weaver in 1962. 'I don't think we could ask for much more out of Slade,' Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said. 'First start for us, first real start since last year. Outstanding job. Gave us a chance to win. He used his mix really well tonight.' The 27-year-old Cecconi suffered a left oblique strain in spring training. He made three minor league rehabilitation starts, going 0-2 with a 4.85 ERA with two walks and 10 strikeouts in 13 innings. 'I really hadn't seen him pitch a lot,' Vogt said. 'The little bit we did see in the spring we saw a lot of promise and a lot of good things.' Advertisement The Guardians acquired Cecconi from Arizona in exchange for first baseman Josh Naylor in December. He didn't show much rust on Saturday despite it being his first big-league start since Sept. 11, 2024, allowing only two hits with six strikeouts through four innings before Benson's homer. 'Any time you make a first appearance in a while, there's some jitters,' Cecconi said. 'I've been thinking about this one for a while. My oblique issue happened way back in March. There was some anxiousness.' Lively was placed on the 15-day IL on May 13 and is scheduled to visit orthopedic surgeon Dr. Keith Meister on Tuesday. Vogt said surgery hasn't been ruled out. 'It's the same we knew a couple days ago, he has the flexor strain,' Vogt said, prior to Saturday's game. 'We want to make sure we check every box and get another opinion about what's going on. We need to do what's best for his career.' Advertisement Vogt wouldn't name Cecconi as Lively's replacement in the rotation, but acknowledged that Saturday's outing was a step in that direction. 'Obviously we need to fill that position and Slade did a great job,' Vogt said. 'We're always going to be considering options. When you lose someone like Ben Lively, it's next person up and Slade took that opportunity and ran with it tonight.'
