The Padres made it a 4-0 game in the sixth on an RBI single by pinch-hitter Jake Cronenworth. Allen set the inning in motion with consecutive walks to Merrill and Yuli Gurriel with one out. Paul Sewald relieved and Iglesias greeted him with a single to cengter to score Merrill.

The reigning AL Central champions have a conservative win total for 2025 and it looks like experts are divided.

Bobby Witt Jr. hit a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh inning four batters after Maikel Garcia tied it with a homer to help lead the Kansas City Royals over the Cleveland Guardians 4-3.

On Wednesday’s podcast, Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga look at how San Diego has flipped Guards Ball on its head and dominated Cleveland in the first two games of the series against the Padres. Listen and read along with an AI-generated transcript of the podcast below.

The Guardians have less than a week until Opening Day, with several key decisions still to be made. Here's our second roster projection of the spring.

Ben Lively kept his emotions in check, Kyle Manzardo had a huge day at the plate and the Guardians pen looked as good as ever.

Who is here, who will be here and what to expect on the field for the defending AL Central champion Cleveland Guardians.

Tanner Bibee was supposed to be the Cleveland Guardians' opening day starter against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, but the right-hander was a last-minute

Catcher Austin Hedges put it like this: "Last year was for convincing. Now there’s no convincing. We know exactly how good we are."