ZACH PLESAC NEWS

Zach Plesac, Aaron Civale enter Guardians camp under pressure to bounce back from injury-plagued year Both Plesac and Civale face pressure from top pitching prospects for Guards' last two rotation spots.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 • CLEVELAND.COM

Moving Zach Plesac To The Bullpen May Be The Best Option For The Guardians Zach Plesac has been a starter for the Cleveland Guardians over the last few years. However, could his role in the pitching staff change?

JANUARY 20, 2023 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

33 players left in arbitration as 170 reach agreements

A total of 170 major league players agreed to contracts in the hours before Friday night’s arbitration deadline to exchange proposed salaries with teams, and just one reached a mul...

JANUARY 14, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bieber, Guards reach $10.01 million contract for '23 season

The Cleveland Guardians reached agreement with pitcher Shane Bieber on a $10.01 million contract for next season and avoided salary arbitration

JANUARY 14, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Guardians Avoid Arbitration With A Handful Of Players Cal Quantrill, Zach Plesac, Aaron Civale, and Josh Naylor also signed contracts to avoid arbitration.

JANUARY 13, 2023 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM

Guardians reach deals with Zach Plesac, Cal Quantrill to avoid arbitration Friday is the deadline for teams and players to exchange salary figures for 2023 in the arbitration process.

JANUARY 13, 2023 • CLEVELAND.COM

Avoids arbitration with Guardians Plesac signed a one-year, $2.95 million contract with the Guardians on Friday to avoid arbitration, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.

Impact It's a nice salary bump for Plesac, who was in his first year of arbitration eligibility. The right-hander had an up-and-down 2022 campaign, finishing with a 4.31 ERA and 100:38 K:BB across 131.2 frames. For fantasy purposes, Plesac is likely to be mostly a streaming option again in 2023.

JANUARY 13, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Guardians-Yankees rained out, to play ALDS Game 5 on Tuesday

The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed by rain and rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:07 p.m. Both teams to...

OCTOBER 18, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALDS Game 5 between Yanks, Guardians delayed by rain

The decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees did not start on time because of rain

OCTOBER 17, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Zach Plesac, six rookies make Guardians 26-man wild card roster Guardians will go into the wild card series with 13 position players and 12 pitchers.

OCTOBER 7, 2022 • CLEVELAND.COM

Plesac in Cleveland's bullpen for wild-card round with Rays Guardians starter Zach Plesac will pitch out of Cleveland’s bullpen in the wild-card round against the Tampa Bay Rays.

OCTOBER 7, 2022 • CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.COM

Plesac in Cleveland's bullpen for wild-card round with Rays Guardians starter Zach Plesac will pitch out of Cleveland’s bullpen in the wild-card round against the Tampa Bay Rays.

OCTOBER 7, 2022 • SEATTLETIMES.COM

Plesac in Cleveland's bullpen for wild-card round with Rays

Guardians starter Zach Plesac will pitch out of Cleveland’s bullpen in the wild-card round against the Tampa Bay Rays

OCTOBER 7, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Takes loss in return Plesac (3-12) gave up one earned run on seven hits and a walk while striking out one over 3.2 innings to take the loss in a 7-1 defeat to the Royals on Saturday.

Impact Plesac allowed three straight two-out doubles in the top of the fourth which gave the Royals all of the run production they needed to hand Plesac his 12th loss of the season. Only one of the four runs that Plesac allowed were earned due to a throwing error by third baseman Gabriel Arias. It was Plesac's first start since August 28th when he fractured his pitching hand after punching the mound in frustration. The appearance is best viewed as a tune-up start before the Guardians finalize their postseason rotation. The 27-year-old right-hander finishes the regular season with an ERA of 4.34 and a Baseball-Reference WAR of -0.8.

OCTOBER 2, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Plesac shakes off rust in last start before playoffs CLEVELAND -- This wasn’t supposed to be Zach Plesac’s best start of the season. The Guardians knew going into Saturday’s 7-1 loss to the Roy...

OCTOBER 2, 2022 • MLB.COM

What Will Zach Plesac's Playoff Role Be With The Guardians? It seems that Cleveland will try to use Zach Plesac out of the bullpen in the postseason.

OCTOBER 2, 2022 • KANSASCITY.COM

Perez has 4 hits, Royals beat AL Central champion Guardians

Salvador Perez had four hits and drove in a pair of runs and Kris Bubic struck out a season-high eight to help the Kansas City Royals beat the AL Central champion Cleveland Guardia...

OCTOBER 2, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Activated prior to start Plesac (hand) was reinstated from the 15-day injured list ahead of Saturday's game against the Royals, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.

Impact Plesac was initially slated to start Friday against Kansas City but was ultimately pushed back to Saturday. However, he'll officially have at least one more chance to pitch for the Guardians ahead of the playoffs. The right-hander will likely take on a bullpen role for Cleveland once the postseason begins.

OCTOBER 1, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Royals play the Guardians looking to end road slide

The Kansas City Royals will attempt to break their five-game road slide in a matchup against the Cleveland Guardians

OCTOBER 1, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ramírez homers, Clase gets 40th save as Guardians beat KC

José Ramírez hit a three-run homer and Emmanuel Clase closed for his major league-leading 40th save in the Cleveland Guardians’ 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals

OCTOBER 1, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rays miss chance to clinch, lose 2-1 as Guardians rally late

Rookies Oscar Gonzalez and Steven Kwan drove in runs in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Guardians kept Tampa Bay from clinching one of the AL’s three wild-card spots, rallying t...

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Castro, Báez homer, Tigers sweep Royals 10-3, escape cellar

Willi Castro and Javy Báez homered to lead Detroit over the Kansas City Royals 10-3 for a three-game sweep that moved the Tigers out of last place in the AL Central

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Start pushed back to Saturday Plesac (hand) will now start Saturday's game against the Royals, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.

Impact The right-hander was initially slated to return from the injured list to start Friday's matchup against Kansas City, but he'll be pushed back a day since Aaron Civale will now take the mound Friday. The altered rotation plans also mean that Civale lines up to start Wednesday's regular-season finale, while Saturday's start will likely be Plesac's last of the regular season. It's possible that Plesac moves to a bullpen role during the playoffs.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Guardians and Rays meet in series rubber match

The Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays meet on Thursday with the winner claiming the three-game series

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians meet in game 2 of series

The Tampa Bay Rays lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS