Messick, 24, the club’s No. 12 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, has impressed in Triple-A Columbus this season, posting a 3.47 ERA with 119 strikeouts across 98 2/3 innings in 20 starts.

On a night the Guardians squandered two leads and watched a Diamondbacks speedster make team history, even a José Ramírez home run couldn’t help in the desert. Cleveland spent much of the night watchi

Arizona Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez is coming off a great start. He went seven innings against the Rockies, allowing only one run.

“This is the lefty that haunts their dreams,” Paul Hoynes declared bluntly on the latest Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast. “No matter what team he pitches for, no matter what team he plays for, he always seems to face the Guardians and he always seems to come out one step ahead of them.”

Ben Johnson is trotting out plenty of Bears starters again Friday, this time on the road against the perennial Super Bowl-contending Kansas City Chiefs, who will start the teams' preseason finale with their ones as well.

The Arizona Diamondbacks will hope to avoid a series loss to the Cleveland Guardians Tuesday night at Chase Field. First pitch is 6:40 p.m. MST The D-backs offense was dormant against Gavin Williams and the Cleveland bullpen,

The Guardians are 63-60 with a -34 run differential, 27th in team wRC+ at 88, tenth in baserunning runs above average at 5, seventh in Defense at -0.5, 24th in starting pitcher FIP at 4.42, and third in bullpen FIP at 3.63.