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• Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Demoted to Columbus

  08/03/2026 • By RotoWire

  The Guardians optioned Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus on Monday, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports. Manzardo, who has struggled at the plate in his last 30 games, will make his first trip to Triple-A this season. This year, the 26-year-old has batted .215/.306/.378 with 13 home runs and 39 RBI in 356 plate appearances. With Cleveland's additions of Jo Adell and Nathaniel Lowe on Monday's trade deadline, Manzardo and David Fry were replaced on the active roster.

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• Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Idle Friday

  07/31/2026 • By RotoWire

  Manzardo is out of the lineup for Friday's matchup against Arizona. Despite smacking a two-run homer and drawing two walks in the series finale against Cincinnati on Thursday, Manzardo will ride the bench for Friday's series opener against the Diamondbacks. Rhys Hoskins will take over at first base and bat cleanup for Cleveland.

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• Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Insurance homer in win

  07/30/2026 • By RotoWire

  Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in a 6-1 win over the Reds on Wednesday. Manzardo reached base safely three times in Wednesday's game as he continues his mini power surge over his last seven games. In those games, Manzardo has three homers and eight RBI to go along with a .714 slugging percentage, but he is struggling overall on the season with a .154 average (4-for-26) and 12 strikeouts since the break and is batting just .210 for the season.

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• Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Heading to bench amid slump

  07/20/2026 • By RotoWire

  Manzardo is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Twins. Manzardo will head to the bench for just the second time in July while the Guardians go with David Fry at first base and Rhys Hoskins at designated hitter. Over his last 13 games, Manzardo has gone just 3-for-41 (.073 average) with a 31.9 percent strikeout rate.

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• Guardians' Kyle Manzardo: Heading to bench Monday

  06/29/2026 • By RotoWire

  Manzardo is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rangers. Rhys Hoskins will draw the start at first base while southpaw Tyler Alexander opens the game for Texas, but the left-handed-hitting Manzardo could replace Hoskins at some point later in the contest once the Rangers send a right-hander to the bump. Manzardo had started each of the Guardians' last 12 games but went just 8-for-42 (.190 average) with 15 strikeouts during that stretch.

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