Guardians of the Future – Details, episodes & analysis

(Cleveland) Guardians of the Future is back once again! Mike Mahoney joins Justin Lada to discuss:

• Parker Messick's MLB debut
• John Means' rehab
• Josh Hartle's promotion
• Khal Stephen's Guardians org deubt
• Braylon Doughty's unfortunate injury news
• Ralphy Velazquez's exploding development
• If George Valera needs to be called up.

Thanks to Mike for joining, the support and listening. Hope you enjoy!

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Guardians of the Future is back!

We're talking about the promotions in the Cleveland Guardians system including Travis Bazzana, Cooper Ingle, Ralphy Velazquez, Rafe Schlesinger and more.

The show also dives into the Guardians trading for RHP Khal Stephen at the trade deadline for Shane Bieber.

We also recap the 2025 MLB Draft Class by the Cleveland Guardians.

Wrapping up the show, we talk about the potential Arizona Fall League participants for the Cleveland Guardians.

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The Guardians are finally calling up Kyle Manzardo, but it comes at the expense of Steven Kwan.

But, what does Kyle Manzardo bring to the Guardians? What does he do well and what should we expect from his skill set and tools?

I dive into that, discuss the return of George Valera, as well as another injury to Chase DeLauter.

Also get into observations on Trenton Denholm, CJ Kayfus, and Alex Mooney from my latest trip to Lake County.

I also cover Matt Wilkinson and Alex Clemmey in Lynchburg, as well as what to look for on the ACL Guardians club.

And finally, I talked about why I like the day two college pitching in the 2024 MLB Draft.

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Justin Lada is joined by Willie Hood to split this week's Farm Report podcast up between the Cleveland Indians minor league system and 2021 MLB draft prep.

- Xzavion Curry's promotion

- Is Logan T. Allen not far from a promotion?

- Will Brennan and Trenton Brooks' power surge

- Jhonkensey Noel hurt again

- Angel Martinez stays hot

- Willie drops some names to watch out for in the 2021 MLB draft for Cleveland

Almost a month into the minor league baseball season. Justin Lada is joined by IBI's Columbus Clippers beat reporter Jacob Benge to dive into a number of topics in the Cleveland Indians system: - Columbus Clippers being swept by the Nashville Sounds - Nolan Jones' progress with the bat and in the outfield - The pitching carousel with Kirk McCarty, Logan Allen, Scott Moss and the bullpen mishmosh - Infielders Ernie Clement/Gabriel Arias/Andres Gimenez, Bobby Bradley - Lake County Captains swept by the Spencer Torkelson and the West Michigan WhiteCaps - More injuries in the system to George Valera, Jhonkensey Noel, Ramond Burgos, Matt Turner and more...

Justin Lada and Caleb Philips dive into the Akron RubberDucks early play and another weekly roundup of the Cleveland Indians farm system.

Topics covered

- Tyler Freeman's bat taking off

- Akron's big relievers Nick Mikolajchak, Francisco Perez, Dakody Clemmber

- Columbus' pitching woes with Logan Allen, Scott Moss and players leaving to play for team USA

- Update on Jhonkensey Noel's big bat and injury

- Will Brennan's consistency for the Lake County Captains

- George Valera's absence causing concern

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Justin Lada and Pat Ellington have a realistic conversation about getting Owen Miller to Cleveland, along with realistic expectations. They also cover the speed and base running acumen of Jose Tena, Raynel Delgado and the rest of the Lake County Captains infielders as well as struggles of Nolan Jones/Bobby Bradley and Tyler Freeman's hitting prowess. 

The Cleveland Indians continue to find ways to win despite a bottom of the league offense. Can they put together a more consistent offensive attack and take off? Justin Lada and Spencer Carlson debate that, Shane Bieber's high pitch counts, Zach Plesac's recent brilliance, is it time for Owen Miller, and the overuse of Bryan Shaw, James Karinchak and Emmanuel Clase.

Minor league baseball is back and Justin Lada and Willie Hood are back to breakdown the first week of action in the Cleveland Indians farm system. From the pitching debuts of Tanner Burns, Logan T. Allen, Daniel Espino, Josh Wolf and more, to Jhonkensey Noel hitting balls to moon this week. 

The Cleveland Indians are in first place. Justin Lada and Spencer Carlson talk about how a frustrating April still kept the team .500 as the bats of Eddie Rosario and Josh Naylor get hot. Harold Ramirez has come to save centerfield. Jose Ramirez is somehow getting better. Is Nick Sandlin part of Terry Francona's circle of trust in the bullpen? And a surprising answer on a question about Albert Pujols?