BOXSCORE GUARDIANS VS CUBS

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Cleveland Guardians Spring Training Prospect Report: 2/27/26

Watson gets more opportunities with DeLauter out

Justin Lada

Feb 28

Chicago Cubs 8, Cleveland Guardians 6

Starter

Kahlil Watson (LF): 1-2, 2B - Watson could be benefiting some with Chase DeLauter missing a few games for “lower body soreness - hamstring.” He started this one and smoked a 111 MPH double off 2025 MLB rookie reliever Ryan Rolison. Now, Rolison certainly wasn’t good in 2025 in Colorado, but it’s a good chance for Watson to get some more reps and take advantage.

Pitchers

Parker Messick: 2.2IP, 4H, 2ER, 2K, HR - Messick sat his usual 92-94 and threw his sinker more in this game than he did last year, more than his changeup even. His sinker did not garner good results in 2025 in his MLB debut, so perhaps he is trying to fine tune it a little, which would make sense. Not sure we’ll see the same usage pattern, but it is interesting.

Jack Leftwich: 0.1IP, K - Came on to finish Messick’s last inning and got two whiffs out of three pitches with his curve and slider, sitting 94 with the fastball.

Jake Miller: 0.1IP, 3ER, 3BB - Rough outing for Miller, throwing just five strikes in 25 pitches. He threw his entire arsenal but nothing for strikes. Miller’s Double-A success in 2025 seemed to rely heavily on his sinker/cutter/change but no cutters here, and his curveball was his second most used pitch. Hard to read into it too much, but he didn’t succeed in Triple-A last year with the MLB ball either.

Jay Driver: 0.2IP, 2H, ER, BB, 2K - Driver’s sidearm slider was pretty effective in getting him two strikeouts, landing three for called strikes and five whiffs. But when he threw any kind of fastball, it was hit hard. He allowed two balls in play, both were hit hard and that led to the loss.

Notable Reserves

Joe Lampe (RF): 1-1, BB - Laced a 108 MPH single off journeyman reliever Gavin Hollowell and worked a walk. Also did a nice job not chasing low against Porter Hodge, who I think is a very nasty reliever.

Jonah Advincula (LF): 2-2, 2B, 3 RBI - A 101 MPH single off Hodge and a 103 MPH double off Hollowell. That’s definitely around the top end of exit velocity for Advincula, who doesn’t have a ton of power. But both hits were off MLB arms. Advincula, normally a very sound defender, did commit a throwing error.

Dayan Frias (PR-2B): 0-1, BB, RBI - This was Frias’ last game in camp as all WBC players are headed out to practice with their teams before games start this coming week.

Other Reserves

Cooper Ingle (C): 0-1 - Took over for Bo Naylor, who is also in his last game for now as heads off for Team Canada. Ingle will get a lot more games in the lineup now while Naylor is off in the WBC.

Jacob Cozart (DH): 0-1, K - Cozart should also see quite a bit of action as well behind Hedges.

Dean Curley (3B): 0-1

Milan Tolentino (SS): 0-2

Maick Collado (1B): 1-2

Jaison Chourio (CF): 0-2, 2K

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BOXSCORE WHITE SOX VS GUARDIANS

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Got to finally watch a game. Colorado vs US. That was some hitting display the youngsters put. Surprised to to see DeLauter in the lineup as dh. HR, 2b both hard hit. And was impressed with Watson. He just continues to stroke and we will see him, late summer, definitely next year.

BOXSCORE DODGERS VS GUARDIANS

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Cleveland Guardians World Baseball Classic Prospect Report: 3/4/26

Travis Bazzana kicks off WBC with a banger

Matthew Kennell

Mar 5

Scoreboard

World Baseball Classic

Australia 3, Chinese Taipei 0 - Statcast
Canada 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3 - Statcast
Atlanta Braves 9, Colombia 1 - Statcast
New York Mets 5, Israel 2 - Statcast

Guardians Prospects

Travis Bazzana (2B, Australia): 2-for-4, R, HR, RBI - The leadoff man from the Guardians was the only player to record multiple hits in the World Baseball Classic opener against the Chinese Taipei and launched a solo homerun to lead Australia to a 3-0 victory. He was able to turn on an inside fastball and burn it for a 383-foot no-doubt homerun deep into the seats in right field of the Tokyo Dome.

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Matt Wilkinson (RP, Canada): S (1), 2.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BBs, 5 Ks - Wilkinson entered the game in the eighth and immediately struck out the side to halt the momentum of the Phillies and tossed a scoreless ninth to secure the save for Team Canada. He threw 22 strikes on his 31 pitches and got eight swings and misses, five of which on his slider. He didn’t top 89 on any pitch but he did face a few upper level Phillies minor leaguers and even struck out one of their top prospects, Aroon Escobar.

Dayan Frias (SS, Colombia): 0-for-2, DP - Frias took over for former Guardian Gio Urshela in the bottom of the fourth after a tough go of it defensively for the veteran and had a groundout and lineout in his two plate appearances. Frias was able to start a double play with the glove and was error-free.

Ryan Prager (RP, Israel): 1.2 IP, H, R, 2 BBs, 3 Ks - The Mets threatened after a pair of one-out walks in the second inning, but the southpaw was able to escape the jam. He struck out the first two batters he faced in the third inning, but a solo homerun just barely cleared the fence in left to give New York a 1-0 lead. It wasn’t particularly hard hit nor would it leave the yard in many ballparks, but on this day, it was a run scored. Prager had three whiffs on six total swings on the fastball, which came in at an alarming 87.6 at it’s peak. In college, Prager was 89-92 and at times 94. There’s a reason his stock tumbled in the 2025 draft. Maybe it’s early, but that velo is certainly not great to see so far.

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If you can get FS1, Australia vs Czech Republic 10pm est.