Guardians News and Notes – Travis Kelce, Minority Owner
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The biggest news of the day came via a Passan bomb at 6AM yesterday morning. Travis Kelce is now a minority owner of the Cleveland Guardians.

Some news to share.#GuardsBallpic.twitter.com/weCWIIURhV

— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) May 27, 2026

Guest contributor, Mike Mahoney, gave his scouting report of the Lake County Captains Position Players.

The Guardians were able to avoid the sweep, taking yesterday’s game behind Gavin Williams. The game recap can be read here. Tonight is a much needed off day for the team with Boston coming to town for a weekend series.

MLB Network listed out their José Ramírez award for most underrated players. There is one current Guardian and one former Cleveland player on the list:

Greg introduces rankings for the "José Ramírez Award", going to the most underrated players in baseball:

1. Otto Lopez
2. Casey Schmitt
3. Liam Hicks
4. Alec Burleson
5. Brayan Rocchio
6. Austin Martin
7. Carlos Cortes
8. Luke Raley
9. Jake Bauers pic.twitter.com/ZasTKJiZFY

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) May 27, 2026

The MLBPA has made their first proposals for the collective bargaining.

The MLBPA made its first proposal to MLB today in collective bargaining. Among the topline issues:

– A "competitive-integrity tax" for any team that does not spend $150M
– Increase minimum salary from $780,000 to $1.5M
– Increase in base CBT threshold from $244M to $300M

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 27, 2026

The MLBPA’s opening proposal today pic.twitter.com/ZpZ4oabDt9

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) May 27, 2026


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