The Cleveland Guardians opened the second half of season with a win. "This is a period of high significance and importance," GM Mike Chernoff said.

The Cleveland Guardians reportedly have a short list of players whom they aren't willing to trade before the deadline.

Johnathan Rodriguez hit his first home run in the majors, Slade Cecconi went a career-long 8 1/3 innings and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Athletics 8-6 on Friday night

The Guardians may well be sellers at the trade deadline this season. Cleveland sits 12 games behind the Tigers in the American League Central and 4.5 games back in the Wild Card chase. They won six of their final ten heading into the Break which has them positioned squarely on the fence in terms of buying or selling at the deadline.

Guardians baseball returns tonight as the Guardians welcome the Sacramento Athletics to Progressive Field for a three-game weekend series. Today, apparently, we will get news about Luis Ortiz. Rumors from Twitter are that he will get a longterm suspension or ban.

In his " MLB second-half bold predictions for every team: Blockbuster trades, historic numbers, a divisional tie, more " article, CBS Sports' Mike Axisa proposed an intriguing move involving the Guardians trading away star closer Emmanuel Clase for a former All-Star outfielder.

One MLB Insider identified this Cleveland Guardians star as a trade target to watch as the deadline approaches.