Cleveland Guardians minor league players

Below is a partial list of minor league baseball players in the Cleveland Guardians system.

Franco Alemán
Franco Alemán (born June 26, 2000) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Alemán was born in Cuba and defected to the United States with his family when he was 11. He attended Braulio Alonso High School in Tampa, Florida. He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 38th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. Alemán started his college baseball career at Florida International University (FIU) for a year before transferring to St. Johns River State College and then the University of Florida. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

After one year at Florida, Alemán was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 2021 MLB draft, and signed. He made his professional debut in 2022 with the Lynchburg Hillcats. He pitched 2023 with the Lake County Captains and Akron RubberDucks and started 2024 with the Columbus Clippers.

Juan Brito
Juan Manuel Brito (born September 24, 2001) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Brito was signed by the Colorado Rockies as an international free agent on July 7, 2018.

On November 15, 2022, the Rockies traded him to the Cleveland Guardians in exchange for Nolan Jones; the same day, the Guardians added Brito to their 40-man roster to protect him from selection by another club in the 2022 Rule 5 draft. Brito was optioned to the Triple-A Columbus Clippers to begin the 2023 season. In 127 games split between Columbus, the Double–A Akron RubberDucks, and High–A Lake County Captains, he batted a cumulative .271/.377/.434 with 14 home runs and 75 RBI. Brito was again optioned to Triple–A Columbus to begin the 2024 season.

Joey Cantillo
Joseph Lopaka Cantillo (born December 18, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Cantillo attended Kailua High School in Kailua, Hawaii where he played baseball. He committed to play college baseball at the University of Kentucky. In 2017, his senior year, he was named the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for the state of Hawaii after pitching to a 5–1 record and 1.24 earned run average (ERA) along with batting .517. After his senior year, he was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 16th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft and signed for $302,500.

After signing with the Padres, Cantillo made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Padres; over eight innings, he compiled a 4.50 ERA. In 2018, he spent the majority of the year back in the Arizona League in which he went 2–2 with a 2.18 ERA over 11 games (nine starts), striking out 58 over $45 1⁄3$ innings. He also pitched in one game for the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League at the end of the year. Cantillo returned to Fort Wayne to begin 2019. During the season, he earned Midwest League Pitcher of the Week three times alongside earning Pitcher of the Month honors for June. After pitching to a 9–3 record and a 1.98 ERA while striking out 128 batters over 98 innings (19 starts) with Fort Wayne, he was promoted to the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Class A-Advanced California League in August. With Lake Elsinore, Cantillo made three starts in which he compiled a 4.61 ERA before being shut down for the season due to reaching his innings limit.

On July 31, 2020, Cantillo was one of six players (along with Austin Hedges, Cal Quantrill, Josh Naylor, Gabriel Arias, and Owen Miller) sent to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Mike Clevinger, Greg Allen, and Matt Waldron. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He began the 2021 season on the injured list with abdominal soreness. He was activated in late August and joined the Akron RubberDucks of the Double-A Northeast. He pitched eight innings for the year, going 0–2 and giving up four runs. He returned to Akron for the 2022 season. In early August, he was placed on the injured list with a shoulder injury and missed the remainder of the season. Over 14 games (13 starts), he went 4-3 with a 1.93 ERA and 87 strikeouts over $60 2⁄3$ innings.

On November 15, 2022, the Guardians selected Cantillo's contract and added him to the 40-man roster. He returned to Akron to open the 2023 season. Cantillo was promoted to the Guardians' Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers, on May 18, 2023. He was selected to represent the Guardians at the 2023 All-Star Futures Game. In 26 games (24 starts) between Akron and Columbus, he posted a combined 7–4 record and 4.07 ERA with 146 strikeouts across $119 1⁄3$ innings of work. Cantillo was optioned to Triple–A Columbus to begin the 2024 season.

Jaison Chourio
Jaison Oneel Chourio (born May 19, 2005) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Chourio signed with the Cleveland Guardians as an international free agent in January 2022. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Guardians.

Chourio spent 2023 with the Arizona Complex League Guardians and Lynchburg Hillcats.

His brother, Jackson Chourio, plays for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Raynel Delgado
Raynel Delgado (born April 4, 2000) is a Cuban professional baseball infielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Will Dion
William Chad Dion (born April 17, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Dion attended Sulphur High School in Sulphur, Louisiana, and played college baseball at McNeese State University. As a junior at McNeese State in 2021, he started 16 games and went 9-4 with a 3.07 ERA and a school-record 121 strikeouts. After his junior year, Dion was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the ninth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.

Dion signed with Cleveland and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Indians and the Lynchburg Hillcats, throwing 12 scoreless innings between both teams. Dion played the 2022 season with Lynchburg and Lake County Captains. Over 25 starts, he went 8-5 with a 2.11 ERA and 157 strikeouts over 128 innings. He opened the 2023 season with Lake County and was promoted to the Akron RubberDucks in mid-July. Over 26 games (19 starts) between the two teams, Dion went 6-4 with a 2.39 ERA and 129 strikeouts over $116 2⁄3$ innings. Dion was assigned to the Columbus Clippers to open the 2024 season.

Nic Enright
Nicholas Crispen Enright (born January 8, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Enright attended The Steward School in Richmond, Virginia. As a senior in 2015, he was the Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year for Virginia. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 19th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at Virginia Tech. In 2018, he briefly played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Enright was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 20th round of the 2019 MLB draft, and signed.

Enright made his professional debut with the Arizona League Indians. He did not play for a team in 2020 due to the Minor League Baseball season cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned in 2021 to play for the Lake County Captains and Akron RubberDucks. Enright started 2022 with Akron before being promoted to the Columbus Clippers.

On December 7, 2022, Enright was selected by the Miami Marlins in the 2022 Rule 5 draft, adding him to their 40-man roster.

On February 13, 2023, Enright announced that he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in December, and had already completed his first round of treatments. Enright began a rehab assignment with the Single-A Jupiter Hammerheads on April 28, and was later elevated to the Triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. On May 29, Enright was activated off of the injured list and designated for assignment by the Marlins. He was returned to the Guardians on June 1, 2023.

Jake Fox
Jacob Gage Fox (born February 12, 2003) is an American professional baseball second baseman and outfielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Fox grew up in Lakeland, Florida and attended Lakeland Christian School. He hit .378, with three home runs, 22 RBIs, and 32 stolen bases in 28 games played as a senior. Fox had committed to play college baseball at Florida prior to signing with Cleveland.

Fox was selected in the third round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Cleveland Indians. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Indians, where he batted .405 in 13 games played.

Dayan Frías
Dayan De Jesus Frías (born June 25, 2002) is a Colombian professional baseball infielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Frías played for the Colombia national baseball team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

Isaiah Greene
Isaiah Jordan Greene (born August 29, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Greene attended Corona High School in Corona, California. He was selected by the New York Mets with the 69th overall selection of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $850,000, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Missouri. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

On January 7, 2021, the Mets traded Greene, Amed Rosario, Andrés Giménez, and Josh Wolf to the Cleveland Indians for Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco. He made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Indians, slashing .289/.421/.368 with one home run, 16 runs batted in (RBIs), four stolen bases, and nine doubles over 43 games.

Steve Hajjar
Steven George Hajjar (born August 7, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Hajjar attended Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 21st round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and played college baseball at the University of Michigan. After three seasons at Michigan, Hajjar was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. Hajjar made his professional debut in 2022 with the Single-A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. In 12 starts, Hajjar recorded a 2-2 record and 2.47 ERA with 71 strikeouts in 43.2 innings pitched.

On August 2, 2022, the Twins traded Hajjar, Spencer Steer, and Christian Encarnacion-Strand, to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Tyler Mahle. He spent the remainder of the year with the High-A Dayton Dragons, where he pitched to a 6.43 ERA with 10 strikeouts across 2 starts.

On March 25, 2023, Hajjar was traded to the Cleveland Guardians as the player to be named later in the trade that sent Will Benson to Cincinnati.

Petey Halpin
Peter Lyndon Halpin (born Mary 26, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Halpin Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the third round of the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut in 2021 with the Lynchburg Hillcats.

Halpin played 2022 with the Lake County Captains and started 2023 with the Akron RubberDucks.

C. J. Kayfus
Collin Joseph Kayfus (born October 28, 2001) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Kayfus attended Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, Florida and played college baseball at the University of Miami. In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. He was selected by the Cleveland Guardians in the third round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Kayfus signed with the Guardians and made his professional debut with the Lynchburg Hillcats. He started 2024 with the Lake County Captains before being promoted to the Akron RubberDucks.

Randy Labaut
Randy Labaut (born October 1, 1996) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Labaut was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 35th round, with the 1,060th overall selection, of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He made his professional debut with the rookie–level Arizona League Indians, recording a 1.74 ERA in 11 games. Labaut did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He returned to action in 2021 with the Single–A Lynchburg Hillcats, posting a 3.09 ERA with 58 strikeouts across 22 appearances. Labaut split the 2022 campaign between the High–A Lake County Captains and Double–A Akron RubberDucks. In 38 relief outings split between the two affiliates, he accumulated an 11–2 record and 3.33 ERA with 89 strikeouts across $70 1⁄3$ innings pitched.

Labaut split the 2023 season between Akron and the Triple–A Columbus Clippers, compiling a 3.70 ERA with 51 strikeouts and 2 saves across 33 total appearances.

Jack Leftwich
Jack Harrison Leftwich (born September 26, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Leftwich attended TNXL Academy in Altamonte Springs, Florida and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 39th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He did not sign with the Tigers and played college baseball at the University of Florida. In 2019, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. After four years at Florida, Leftwich was drafted by the Cleveland Guardians in the seventh round of the 2021 MLB draft, and signed.

Leftwich made his professional debut in 2022 with the Lynchburg Hillcats and was promoted to the Lake County Captains. He started 2023 with Akron RubberDucks.

Andrew Misiaszek
Andrew Jacob Misiaszek (born August 24, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Misiaszek attended Northeastern University. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.

Nick Mikolajchak
Nicholas Austin Mikolajchak (born November 21, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Mikolajchak went to Klein Collins High School in Harris County, Texas, where he played baseball and basketball. He was FirstTeam AllDistrict in his junior season and District MVP in his senior season of high school. He committed to Sam Houston State to play college baseball starting in 2016.

In 2016 as a freshman, Mikolajchak worked exclusively as a reliever and a closer for the team, posting a 3.38 ERA and an 0–4 record in 32 games. As a sophomore in 2017 for Sam Houston State, he played in 22 games, starting 9 and closing 2 of them. He went 5–4 with an earned run average of 4.19 in 73 innings. Mikolajchak played collegiate summer baseball for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2018, pitching in 8 games and scoring an earned run average of 1.84. For Mikolajchak's junior season in 2019, he pitched in 23 games, starting and closing 7 games each. He pitched 64.2 innings and compiled a 5–4 record with 74 strikeouts, improving from 32 in his freshman year. Mikolajchak was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 11th round with the 340th overall pick, becoming the third player from Sam Houston State to be drafted at that point.

Mikolajchak elected to forgo his senior season at Sam Houston State and signed with the Indians on June 14, 2019. In his first professional season with the Indians, Mikolajchak played for two of the Indians' minor league affiliates, combining for a 1–1 record with an 0.36 earned run average and 36 strikeouts across 17 games. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mikolajchak made the Indians' alternate site roster for the beginning of the 2021 season. He spent the year with the Double-A Akron RubberDucks, recording a 2-5 record and 3.18 ERA with 57 strikeouts and 8 saves in 39.2 innings of work. Mikolajchak played the 2022 season with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, working to a 5-2 record and 3.04 ERA with 50 strikeouts and 6 saves in 50.1 innings pitched across 47 appearances.

In spring training the following year, Mikolajchak seemed poised for a spot in the Guardians’ bullpen after pitching to a 1.93 ERA over seven appearances. However, he left an appearance against the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 18, 2023, and was later diagnosed with a sprained right ulnar collateral ligament.

Micah Pries
Micah Jeffrey Pries (born February 27, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Pries JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California and played college baseball at Point Loma Nazarene University. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.

Pries did not make his professional debut in 2020, due to the Minor League Baseball season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He debuted in 2021 for the Arizona Complex League Indians, Lynchburg Hillcats and Lake County Captains. He played 2022 with the Akron RubberDucks and started 2023 with the Columbus Clippers.

Erik Sabrowski
Erik Wayne Thomas Sabrowski (born October 31, 1997) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

Matt Wilkinson
Matthew James Wilkinson (born December 10, 2002) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the Cleveland Guardians organization. His nickname is Tugboat.

Wilkinson attended Foothills Composite High School in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada and played college baseball at Central Arizona College. In 2023, he was named the National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association (NJCAA) D1 Pitcher of the Year after recording a 1.07 earned run average (ERA) with 138 strikeouts in 84 innings. In 2023, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Wilkinson was selected by the Cleveland Guardians in the 10th round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Guardians instead of playing college baseball at Arizona State University.

Wilkinson made his professional debut with the Arizona Complex League Guardians. He began the 2024 season with the Single-A Lynchburg Hillcats. Wilkinson was promoted to the High-A Lake County Captains on May 21, 2024.

Full Triple-A to Rookie League rosters
Below are the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Cleveland Guardians.