CLEVELAND, Ohio — Oscar Gonzalez has been carrying Sandy Alomar Jr’s belt since struggling a wardrobe malfunction within the tenth inning of Cleveland’s wild card clinching win in opposition to Tampa Bay final week.
Alomar shortly pulled off his belt and traded with Gonzalez after the rookie broke his on a head-first slide at second base.
After delivering the game-winning runs for the Guardians in one other postseason walk-off victory, Gonzalez mentioned Alomar will not be more likely to get the belt again anytime quickly.
“I’m going to proceed utilizing it,” Gonzalez mentioned through interpreter Agustin Rivero. “One thing tells me Sandy won’t ever see it once more.”
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Gonzalez joined David Ortiz as the one gamers in main league historical past with three go-ahead hits within the ninth inning or later in a single postseason. Ortiz did it within the first eight video games of the 2004 playoffs for Boston. Gonzalez has completed so in simply 5 video games for Cleveland.
His solo residence run in opposition to Tampa Bay received the wild card sequence for the Guardians every week in the past and his single previous Anthony Rizzo’s glove on Friday handed Cleveland the lead in a 4-2 further inning win.
“We’ve seen it in two sequence so removed from this man,” mentioned Cleveland beginning pitcher Triston McKenzie. “He comes up within the fifteenth inning and hits a house run, has a game-winning hit in one other recreation, has the hit tonight. There’s a maturity degree on the plate you don’t see on a regular basis.”
Supervisor Terry Francona mentioned Gonzalez continues to develop in entrance of everybody’s eyes as he makes play after play within the postseason.
“He can take some swings early within the rely, and also you’re like ‘Uh-oh,’” Francona mentioned. “When he will get to 2 strikes, he will get the barrel of the bat to the ball a number of instances, and did it once more tonight.”
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Gonzalez’s teammate, Steven Kwan, mentioned because the Guardians mounted their rally within the ninth, it appeared loopy the expectation within the dugout was that Gonzalez might come via once more.
“He’s at all times so calm in these positions,” Kwan mentioned. “He by no means will get too excessive or too low it doesn’t matter what the rely is. It doesn’t matter what the scenario is, he’s the identical hitter. He thrives in these moments. That’s the man you need within the second.”
Gonzalez mentioned he didn’t really feel any strain when he stepped to the plate with two out and the bases loaded. Even when he fell behind within the rely 1-2 to New York’s Clarke Schmidt, he remained targeted.
“There’s not any kind of strain,” Gonzalez mentioned. “I’m simply attempting to place the ball in play and get the ball out and simply excited have it occur.”
Shortstop Amed Rosario mentioned it’s satisfying to see Gonzalez get acknowledged for his capability to come back via with clutch hits.
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“He doesn’t understand totally how gifted he’s and the expertise God has given him,” Rosario mentioned through Rivero. “We preserve speaking about it. It’s very nice to see he’s getting the outcomes. It’s very clear the expertise that he has.”
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The Cleveland Guardians made their first move of the 2024 MLB trade deadline with the acquisition of Washington Nationals outfielder Lane Thomas. It was a move that improved one of the main weaknesses that the team had.
While Thomas is a solid addition, the Guardians could still use some more help if they want to make a run at a championship this season.
Keeping that in mind, Chris Antonetti, the team’s President of Baseball Operations, has spoken out and hinted about more trades coming in the near future.
“We’re definitely not done pursuing things. Whether or not that leads to another deal or more deals, it’s really hard to forecast.”
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Antonetti did honestly state that the trade market has been a tough one to navigate this year.
“It was one of the reasons we went out and signed Matt Boyd a couple of weeks ago because we were anticipating this was going to be a challenging market. That’s proven to be the case.”
Acquiring Thomas was a move to improve the offenses potential. Antonetti spoke out about what he expects the veteran outfielder to bring to Cleveland.
“We feel we’ve been able to do that by bringing Lane into the organization. He’s a versatile outfielder, a guy that’s capable of playing center field, right field and can contribute offensively, defensively and on the bases.”
In order to get Thomas, the Guardians had to give up a lot of value, something that Antonetti also spoke out to the press.
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“We gave up a lot of value, but that’s what the market necessitated. We gave up three players that we think have a chance to go on and have bright futures and it’s painful to make deals like this, but this is one we felt we had to make.”
All of that being said, it doesn’t sound like Cleveland is done following their move to acquire Thomas.
More trades appear to be likely, assuming the Guardians can find a team that wants to deal as well. It will be interesting to see what Tuesday brings for Cleveland.
The host for “The Biggest Party of the Summer” has been announced.
On Monday evening, WWE announced during the WWE SummerSlam 2024 “go-home” episode of Monday Night Raw who will be hosting the premium live event this weekend.
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It was revealed that Cleveland’s own The Miz will serve as the official host for this year’s WWE SummerSlam show at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, OH.
Make sure to join us here on August 3 for live WWE SummerSlam 2024 results coverage.
