White Sox visit the Guardians to open 3-game series
The Cleveland Guardians open a three-game series at home against the Chicago White Sox on WednesdayAPRIL 20, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Guardians host the White Sox to open 3-game series
The Cleveland Guardians start a three-game series at home against the Chicago White Sox on TuesdayAPRIL 19, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
White Sox visit the Guardians to open 4-game series
The Cleveland Guardians open a four-game series at home against the Chicago White Sox on MondayAPRIL 18, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Giants try to keep win streak alive against the Guardians
The San Francisco Giants aim to keep a four-game win streak alive when they play the Cleveland GuardiansAPRIL 17, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Belt scores go-ahead run in 8th, Giants beat Guardians 4-2
Brandon Belt scored the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded grounder by Wilmer Flores in the eighth inning, sending the San Francisco Giants to a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardian...APRIL 17, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Giants take win streak into matchup with the Guardians
The San Francisco Giants are looking to keep a three-game win streak alive when they play the Cleveland GuardiansAPRIL 16, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Guardians look to secure 2-game series win against the Reds
The Cleveland Guardians and the Cincinnati Reds play on Wednesday for the second game of a two-game seriesAPRIL 13, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reds host the Guardians to open 2-game series
The Cincinnati Reds open a two-game series at home against the Cleveland Guardians on TuesdayAPRIL 12, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Royals face the Guardians leading series 2-0
The Kansas City Royals bring a 2-0 lead into the latest game of the series against the Cleveland GuardiansAPRIL 10, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Guardians meet in game 2 of series
The Kansas City Royals bring a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Cleveland GuardiansAPRIL 9, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Witt a debut! Royals rookie stars in 3-1 win over Guardians
Bobby Witt Jr. capped his highly anticipated big league debut with his first hit, a go-ahead double with two outs in the eighth inning, sending the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 vict...APRIL 7, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Guardians announce 5-year contract with Clase on opening day
The Cleveland Guardians began opening day Thursday by making official a $20 million, five-year contract with Emmanuel Clase, ensuring one of the breakout stars of the rechristened...APRIL 7, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
James Karinchak making progress with injury, waits to begin throwing program: Guardians takeaways Karinchak rehabbing injured shoulder, Francona encourages Anthony Gose and Bryan Lavastida loves catching Emmanuel Clase.
APRIL 4, 2022 • CLEVELAND.COM
Heading to injured list Karinchak (shoulder) will begin the season on the injured list, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.
Impact Karinchak is currently shut down from throwing as he recovers from a teres muscle strain in his right shoulder. He should resume throwing soon but presumably won't be ready for game action right away. His poor season last year and Emmanuel Clase's emergence put some distance between Karinchak and the closer role, though a bounce-back performance should at least position him to be one of the top options if Clase gets hurt.
APRIL 2, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
AP source: Guardians, RP Clase agree to $20M, 5-year deal
A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the Cleveland Guardians have agreed to terms with closer Emmanuel Clase on a $20 million, five-year contractAPRIL 2, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Guardians pitcher Karinchak sidelined with shoulder strain
Guardians reliever James Karinchak could miss the start of the regular season with a shoulder strain suffered earlier this week in campMARCH 26, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shut down from throwing Karinchak (shoulder) is likely to start the season on the injured list, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.
Impact Karinchak was reportedly dealing with arm stiffness to begin spring training, though the injury has since been clarified as a right teres muscle strain. Regardless, he has now been shut down from throwing for an additional 7-to-10 days. Karinchak's status should only further cement Emmanuel Clase's role as Cleveland's closer.
MARCH 26, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Tending to arm stiffness Karinchak was scratched from his scheduled relief appearance in Tuesday's Cactus League game against the Padres after experiencing arm stiffness in his throwing session earlier in...
Impact The Guardians are describing Karinchak's removal from the pitching schedule as precautionary, so he could be ready to return to game action within the next few days if the stiffness subsides. After dominating in the first three months of last season and working himself into a closer timeshare with Emmanuel Clase, Karinchak faded badly from July 1 onward, delivering a 6.53 ERA and 1.55 WHIP over his final 20.2 innings in the majors. He may need a healthy, productive spring to avoid a demotion to Triple-A Columbus once the Guardians head north for the regular season.
MARCH 22, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Can James Karinchak rebound in 2022 for Cleveland Guardians? 40-man roster review What the Cleveland Guardians need from James Karinchak in 2022 is a consistent, solid performance.
NOVEMBER 16, 2021 • CLEVELAND.COM
Padres hire Niebla as pitching coach before landing manager
The San Diego Padres have hired Ruben Niebla from Cleveland as their pitching coachOCTOBER 27, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indians leave name behind as injury-riddled season ends
The Indians' final season as the Indians ended sooner than fans hopedOCTOBER 4, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shane Bieber glad to return before offseason; James Karinchak recalled to majors Shane Bieber evaluates his return to the mound.
OCTOBER 2, 2021 • BEACONJOURNAL.COM
Indians beat Rangers 9-6 to clinch second in A.L. Central
Austin Hedges and Bobby Bradley homered, Jose Ramirez drove in three runs and rookie Eli Morgan won his third straight start as the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 9-6OCTOBER 2, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Back in big leagues Karinchak was recalled from Triple-A Columbus on Friday.
Impact Karinchak has saved 11 games this season but pitched himself out of a job in late August after struggling to a 9.75 ERA over his last 12 innings of work. He's been good in seven Triple-A appearances, giving up two runs on three hits in six innings of work while striking out nine batters and walking three. It's not impossible that he could see a high-leverage chance or two in the final series of the season, but the team doesn't seem to have a ton of faith in him given his demotion.
OCTOBER 1, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
Cleveland Indians recall RHP James Karinchak; place Owen Miller on bereavement list James Karinchak made six appearances at Triple-A after being sent down at the end of August.
OCTOBER 1, 2021 • CLEVELAND.COM
