Guardians of the Future

This week on the Guardians of the Future podcast, Guardians Baseball Insider's Akron RubberDucks beat reporter John Elrod joins Justin Lada to discuss: - Debuts of Xzavion Curry and Hunter Gaddis - George Valera and Johnathan Rodriguez's promotion - Tanner Bibee's impressive run at Akron - What they learned about Micah Pries - The health of Joey Cantillo - Who might make the next MLB debut for Cle...

On this week's episode of the Guardians of the future podcast Justin Lada and Willie Hood - Discuss the promotions of Will Benson, Tyler Freeman and Hunter Gaddis - How these moves affect the 40 man roster - How Cody Morris might impact the roster - Could we see Bo Naylor in Toronto? - The Framil Reyes decison - How Joey Cantillo's recent arm troubles make him more attractive in the Rule 5 draft....

On this week's episode of the Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada and Willie Hood: - Record live as the buzzer ticked down on the MLB trading deadline - Reacted to Cleveland's inactive deadline - Figuring out how the 40 man roster is going to shape up - Discuss the callup of Will Benson - What is the future of Franmil Reyes? 

On this week's Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada and Willie Hood look back at the Cleveland Guardians 2022 draft class, give their favorite picks, their biggest upside and risks, where they rank among the Guardians current prospects and more.  Here's a link back to the Twitter Spaces Justin and Willie hosted on Night 1 of the MLB draft to talk about Chase DeLauter, Justin Campbell...

On this week's Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada and Willie Hood discuss: Alex Call's callup Nolan Jones' debut Columbus' catching situation Some injured arms are returning to affiliates Talking MLB Draft targets for the Cleveland Guardians

On this week's episode of the Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada and Willie Hood discuss: Some odd roster moves by the Guardians including Gabriel Arias' recent big league stint Reclaiming Oscar Mercado vs. calling up Alex Call Recent pitching promotions in the minors When we will see Jones, Brennan and Naylor Why trading Amed Rosario is difficult More 2022 MLB draft discussion for the C...

On this week's episode of the Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada and Willie Hood of Guardians Baseball Insider discuss The Guardians letdown against the Red Sox over the weekend How things are shaping up for the trading deadline Jhonkensy Noel's promotion to Double-A Micah Pries' hot streak Daniel Espino's health and subsequent prospect ranking Prepping for the Prospects Live 2022 MLB Mo...

On this week's episode of the Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada is joined by GBI's Columbus Clippers beat writer Megan Husslein (https://twitter.com/meganhusslein) to check in on some of the storylines in Columbus lately.  - Franmil Reyes' rehab - The Clippers loaded outfield of Will Brennan, Will Benson, Nolan Jones, and Alex Call - Tyler Freeman's recent hot streak - James Karinc...

Justin Lada returns from vacation and is joined by Willie Hood to talk about Will Brennan's recent tear in Columbus, Oscar Gonzalez's hot start in Cleveland, if they're worried about Brayan Rocchio or Tyler Freeman, Jack Leftwich's future, Nolan Jones' return and new swing, and more...

This week, Justin Lada and Willie Hood discuss: Oscar Gonzalez callup What have we seen so far? What do we expect? Some thoughts promotions Will Brennan to Columbus Kevin Kelly and Tim Herrin to Columbus Robert Broom and Brett Daniels back to Akron Junior Sanquentin to LYN Gavin Williams appears to be OK, on schedule to start Friday Tanner Burns appears to be starting this week George Valera back...

Justin Lada and Willie Hood of Guardians Baseball Insider talk about the Player of the Week honored earned by RHP Hunter Gaddis and INF Milan Tolentino at Akron and Lynchburg respectively. They also discuss Jhonkensy Noel in OF, George Valera and Bo Naylor's hot week, more good pitching from Joey Cantillo, the best performers from the 2021 draft class, and a look at risers and fallers in the ranki...

This week on the Cleveland Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada is joined by GBI's RubberDucks beat report, John Elrod Some of the topics covered: Logan T. Allen's good start but a strange start Sunday Who stands out from the impressive Akron rotation? Thoughts on the 'Ducks bullpen of Enright, Marman, Herrin and Kelly? What’s up with the hitting? Geroge Valera and Bo Naylor are drawing wa...

On this week's Cleveland Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada and Willie Hood discuss: - The big pitching performances in Cleveland's system this week led by THE Logan Allen, Gavin Williams, Hunter Gaddis, Joey Cantillo and Tanner Bibee - More injuries to the Guardians prospects including Brayan Rocchio and Tanner Burns - What Richie Palacios going back to Triple-A means for the Guardians...

Justin Lada and Willie Hood of Cleveland Guardians Baseball Insider are joined by Cleveland Guardians pitching prospect Peyton Battenfield. We discussed many topics with Peyton, including the baseballs at Triple-A, the pitch clock, how he applies data and metrics in his approach to pitching, what he's working on with his pitches right now, how he spends his free time, and a quick scouting report o...

Justin Lada and Willie Hood of Cleveland Guardians Baseball Insider delve into: Daniel Espino's 14 strikeout performance  What to expect from Richie Palacios Looking into the brief debuts of Bryan Lavastida, Tanner Tully, Kirk McCarty and Gabriel Arias Joe Naranjo and Jose Fermin's hot starts The tough spot Aaron Bracho might be in Some little known relievers throwing tons of strikes

The 2022 minor league season is underway. Justin Lada and Willie Hood talk about the hot starts by Cleveland Guardians prospects in Daniel Espino, Gabriel Arias, Will Brennan, Gavin Williams and more, and discuss the first impressions by the 2021 draft class. 

DOWNLOADED AUDIO from Guardians Baseball Insider's Twitter Spaces chat on April 6, 2022 - The Guardians Baseball Insider team of Justin Lada, Joe Collins, Arthur Kinney, and special guest appearances from Pat Ellington Jr. and Spencer Carlson preview the Cleveland Guardians 2022 season ahead. 

The Cleveland Guardians have a very complex 40 man roster situation heading into the 2022 season. Justin Lada and Willie Hood debate how the organization is going to fit what they need on the opening day roster with injuries and lack of options, along with any chance of Jose Ramirez signing an extension. 

MLB is back with a new CBA, ending the arduous lockout. but the Cleveland Guardians haven't made any moves within the first week. Well, they did add Luke Maile. Justin Lada and Willie Hood talk about the new CBA's effects on Cleveland, why the Guardians haven't made any moves yet, and what they might do.

Justin Lada, Willie Hood and Pat Ellington Jr. complain about MLB's lockout issues a little bit, but if you fast forward past the first 20 minutes, the last 1+ hours are spent on the 2022 Guardians Baseball Insider prospect rankings. https://guardiansbaseballinsider.com/cleveland-guardians-prospect-rankings-reports/

With the owners still locking out the players and no progress being made in MLB's CBA, Justin Lada and Willie Hood talk about Guardians Baseball Insider's top prospect rankings by way of a prospect draft. Willie and Justin each draft a team of all Guardians prospects and our listeners will decide which team they like better. 

MLB might not be able to find a fair deal to offer the MLBPA to get the CBA finished, but that's not stopping Justin Lada and Willie Hood from talking about Guardians Baseball Insider's 2022 Cleveland Guardians top prospect list coming out on 2/2. CBA talk, prospect rankings talk and more...

Justin Lada and Willie Hood recap the Cleveland Guardians 2022 International Signing Day class with some focus on Jaison Chourio and Victor Izturis. They also take a look at the latest CBA proposal from MLB to the MLBPA and what could work and what won't work. They also take your question.  

Justin Lada and Willie Hood look at the Cleveland Guardians trade of Francisco Lindor to the New York Mets a year later and where the franchise has gone since the big move. They also break down a little of the January 15 International Signing Class, and answer a bunch of questions. 

On the final episode of 2021 for the Guardians of the Future podcast, Justin Lada, Willie Hood and Joe Coblitz look back at the 2021 Cleveland Indians season and the farm system. We go over the developments of the 2021 season and look ahead to who we're excited to see in 2022 and some predictions as well.