Zach Mentz

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Zach Mentz

The San Diego Padres blanked the Colorado Rockies during a three-game series this past weekend, outscoring them 16-0. The Padres outscored the Rockies 8-0, 2-0 and 6-0 in three consecutive games, marking the first time an MLB team has held an opponent scoreless for an entire series since the then-Cleveland Indians against the Kansas City Royals in August 2017. Cleveland swept KC by scores of 4-0, 4-0 and 12-0 to a pull off a 20-0 series shutout.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Zach Mentz

Team USA has named New York Yankees star Aaron Judge as its team captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, MLB announced Monday. “CAPTAIN AMERICA,” MLB wrote in a post to X announcing Judge as team captain. Judge, a two-time MVP and six-time All-Star, serves as team captain for the Yankees since 2023. The slugging outfielder didn’t play in the most recent WBC in March 2023 after re-signing a nine-year, $360 million contract with the Yankees just three months earlier in December 2022.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Zach Mentz

HOUSTON -- Kyren Lacy, the former LSU Tigers wide receiver and a prospect in this month’s NFL Draft, has died, the university announced Sunday. He was 24. Lacy died in an apparent suicide in his car while being pursued by police in Houston early Sunday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s office. The pursuit ended when Lacy crashed his car, after which authorities approached his car and found him dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Zach Mentz

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw helped open a plane door that was stuck after it landed at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday. Passengers were stranded inside the plane on the runway for about 30 minutes before Bradshaw, 76, was able to help open the plane door, CBS Pittsburgh reports.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Zach Mentz

The Cleveland Guardians franchise has an estimated value of $1.55 billion, according to CNBC’s 2025 MLB Team Valuations released Friday. The Guardians’ $1.55 billion estimated value ranks 25th among 30 MLB teams, according to CNBC. Cleveland’s valuation ranks ahead of only the Cincinnati Reds ($1.5B), Pittsburgh Pirates ($1.47B), Kansas City Royals ($1.45B), Tampa Bay Rays ($1.4B) and Miami Marlins ($1.2B).