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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 rankings.

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 walks, but are having a hard time getting the bats going. Will Brennan's hot start Injury updates on Espino/Rocchio/Burns Thoughts on adding Gavin Williams to Akron’s rotation https://twitter.com/johnelrod_19 https://twitter.com/JL_Baseball

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 OF, Amed Rosario and Andres Gimenez - What Bobby Bradley's spot in Triple-A means for Nolan Jones - Willie Two Bags stays hot - Your questions

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 on a potential Guardians draft prospect pitching at his alma mater (Oklahoma State). Before the interview, Justin and WIllie also discuss Are we worried about Daniel Espino’s knee injury Impact of Gabriel Arias’ injury Tyler Freeman is back Oscar Gonzalez keeps crushing Interesting starts by Milan Tolentino, Jake Fox, Marcos Gonzalez, Will Benson Hunter Gaddis is crushing it Gavin Williams/Doug Nikhazy starts over the weekend GBI and NorthSide Bound's 2022 MLB Mock Draft https://guardiansbaseballinsider.com/2022/05/03/2022-gbi-mock-draft-version-1-part-1/ https://northsidebound.com/2022/05/03/two-heads-

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.

In the penultimate Guardians of the Future podcast in 2021, Justin Lada and Willie Hood of Guardians Baseball Insider take a look at the news that David S. Blitzer is reportedly buying a 35% stake in the Cleveland Guardians and what it means. They also look at the top-10 prospect lists of Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus, as well as ZiPS projections for the team in 2022. 

Travis Sawchik of The Score joins Justin Lada on a special Cleveland Guardians of the Future podcast to talk about MLB's lockout and the CBA negotiations. Travis educates us on some of the finer points of the labor issues in MLB, some ideas for the CBA and if baseball could have missed games due to the lockout in 2022. Travis is a native Clevelander and has covered baseball for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Athletic, Fangraphs, 538 and now The Score. He is also the author of Big Data Baseball Follow him on Twitter @Travis_Sawchik https://twitter.com/Travis_Sawchik/status/1466577614143905798 Read his coverage of the CBA at The Score here - https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2241177/manfreds-letter-ought-to-be-a-call-for-players-to-dig-in

It's day 5 of the Major League Baseball lockout of 2021. Justin Lada and Willie Hood of Cleveland Guardians Baseball Insider are talking about the lockout issues, what it means for the Guardians, the MLB and MiLB Rule 5 draft, an interesting nugget of info on Jhonkensy Noel, some possible moves for Cleveland after the lockout and take your questions.

The 40 man roster deadline has passed and the Cleveland Guardians added 11 new players, and removed 7. Justin Lada and Willie Hood break those moves down, looking at the trade for Tobias Myers, what the plan looks like for the rest of the off-season, and are the Guardians hard to trade with?

Decision day is coming soon for the Cleveland Guardians 40 man roster additions. Justin Lada and Willie Hood of Cleveland Indians Baseball Insider are here to break the decisions and options down, make some choices and talk about the MLB offseason a little in the process