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- Guardians
- Updated: Jan. 07, 2026, 12:00 p.m.
- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 11:59 a.m.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The main logic for outpouring training is to get pitchers fresh for nan regular season. Presently, nan Guardians person 24 pitchers scheduled to study to Goodyear, Arizona connected Feb. 10.
A batch of catchers are needed to return attraction of each that number of pitchers, and nan Guardians added different 1 Wednesday erstwhile they announced nan signing of Dom Nunez to a insignificant convention statement pinch an invitation to big-league camp.
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The Guardians presently person 3 catchers connected nan 40-man roster successful Bo Naylor, Austin Hedges and David Fry. Nunez and Cameron Barstad, different non-roster invitee, make five, but much are expected.
Nunez has spent nan past 2 seasons successful Cleveland’s organization. The Rockies’ sixth information prime successful 2013 appeared successful 2 games pinch nan Guardians past year, hitting .286 (2 for 7). In 76 games astatine Triple-A Columbus, Nunez deed .176 (42 for 238) pinch 9 homers, 33 RBI and a .679 OPS (on-base percent + slugging percentage).
The left-handed hitting Nunez played successful parts of 4 seasons pinch nan Rockies from 2019-2022.
So far, nan Guardians person invited 8 players to big-league campy connected insignificant convention deals:
- Pitchers: Carlos Hernandez, Steven Perez and Codi Heuer.
- Catchers: Nunez and Barstad.
- Infielder: Dayan Frias.
- Outfielders: Wuilfredo Antunez and Stuart Fairchild.
Pitchers, catchers and injured players are scheduled to study to Goodyear connected Feb. 10. Position players are scheduled to study connected Feb. 15. The mandatory reporting day is Feb. 20.
Paul Hoynes, calved successful Cleveland, has been nan hit writer for nan Indians/Guardians since 1983. He attended Cathedral Latin High School successful Cleveland and received a publicity grade from Marquette University. He...
