Knock on wood, but the Cleveland Guardians have not had to deal with a ton of injuries to the pitching staff at the start of spring training. The most notable player nursing an injury is relief pitcher James Karinchak.
The Cleveland Guardians opened up spring training with the majority of the 40-man roster healthy. This is a great sign for the start of the season considering how injuries, specifically to the pitching staff, plagued 2023.
Cleveland Guardians' pitchers and catchers are at spring training right now but reliever James Karinchak isn't throwing yet because he's experiencing shoulder fatigue.
The Cleveland Guardians have been trying to navigate their pitching staff since the regular season began all the way back in late March. Injuries to the starting rotation meant more bullpen games and more arms being used on a regular basis.
Everyone deserves a second chance. Right? That's the mantra we're all told growing up in order never to cut ties with someone even if they haven't been perfect in the past.
The Cleveland Guardians made a significant roster move on Saturday afternoon by optioning James Karinchak to Triple-A. However, they aren't done making moves yet.
The Cleveland Guardians were in desperate need of a fresh arm after burning through the bullpen in a 14-inning win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
Emmanuel Clase and James Karinchak are leaning on their offspeed pitches to finish games for the Guardians Emmanuel Clase and James Karinchak are ending games faster with this one weird trick — doctors hate them!
The last-place New York Yankees will look to build off Tuesday's late-inning comeback win when they host the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday in the rubber match of a three-game series.
There he is! There's the hyped-up James Karinchak we've grown to know. Karinchak took the mound with a one-run lead in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Guardians asked him to hold onto the score so that Emmanuel Clase could close it out in the ninth.
Okay, the title is a slight overreaction, but the first week of the regular season has not been kind to James Karinchak. The right-handed pitcher appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in their season opener and came in relief for Shane Bieber following his spectacular performance.
Morning news and notes for April 5, 2023 The Guardians tried to play baseball last night in Oakland, but did not play baseball well enough. Shane Bieber pitched well enough to win, and Gabriel Arias burst onto the scene with a Troutesque homer, but bad defense behind the dish and bad command from James Karinchak was too much to overcome.
Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Guardians and Luis Castillo of the Seattle Mariners gave fans a classic pitchers duel to open up the 2023 MLB season. The game was scoreless headed into the eighth inning as it truly seemed like the game was destined for extra innings.
We're not even one game into the 2023 season and we already have umpire controversy on our hands. It came in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Guardians
Of all the MLB prop bets available before the start of the regular season, the MLB saves leader is arguably one of the most difficult to get right. Why?
Only James Karinchak could carry a 4.85 BB/9 and still somehow be a dominant reliever The list of fun surprises that the Cleveland Guardians got to enjoy this summer is extensive, from breakout offensive performances to aces returning to form.
This is the most beautiful time of the year on the sports calendar. There is so much going on that we tried to commission a second Bark Bets for today.
It was a bit controversial amongst fans when Major League Baseball announced that extra innings games would begin with a runner on second base. Some people loved it, others hated that it broke long-standing tradition.
Two days after being falsely accused of using a banned substance on Friday night's game ball by Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher James Karinchak picked up his second save of the 2022 Major League Baseball season, in his team's 4-1 win Sunday over the Minnesota Twins.
Friday night in the series opener between the Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli requested that the home plate umpire Ted Barrett check Guardians relief pitcher James Karinchak for foreign substances.
The fiery reliever is starting to resemble his old self Technically, James Karinchak has been back with the big league club since July 4. But if you ask me, he officially returned on Aug.
Few players show more emotion on the mound than Karinchak.
Karinchak was activated from a rehab assignment and optioned to Triple-A on Saturday, but an injury in the bullpen prompted Cleveland to call on their one-time stopper.
The team made a series of roster moves Sunday as it navigates a particularly busy part of the schedule.
Bobby Bradley will come off the injured list to replace Karinchak.
Austin Hedges is expected to immediately replace Perez, while Rene Rivera will serve as backup.
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