Guardians get positive update on fan favorite player

The Cleveland Guardians person a coagulated starting catcher successful Bo Naylor, but location is simply a awesome mobility people for their number 2 catcher. However, nan Guardians sewage immoderate bully news aft a caller study connected their backup catcher successful his roadworthy to recovery.

According to a study from CBS Sports, Guardians catcher Austin Hedges resumed shot activities connected Tuesday, June 10th. Hedges is connected nan seven-day injured database for a concussion and is eligible to return from nan injured database connected Friday, June 13th.

The news comes aft nan Guardians' catcher progressed successful his recovery, coming disconnected getting deed by a backswing from New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr.

The Guardians' instrumentality favourite is almost fresh to travel backmost to nan MLB roster, and switch Dom Nunez, who's only played successful 1 crippled since Hedges was placed connected nan injured list. But, while Hedges returns to nan roster, he isn't going to return complete starting duties, arsenic Naylor has been awesome for nan Guardians successful 2025.

While Naylor is batting conscionable .192 connected nan year, he has 9 location runs and 19 RBIs from nan catcher position. He's conscionable 25 years aged and has been a batch amended arsenic of late, going 5/9 pinch 1 locomotion and 2 location runs crossed his past 3 games.

Hedges, meanwhile, is batting .113 pinch 3 location runs, each of which were solo shots. His violative accumulation has ne'er been his beardown suit, arsenic he's chiefly been a defense-first catcher. Regardless, nan Guardians will beryllium amended disconnected pinch Hedges down nan sheet than Nunez, and backing up Naylor.

As Hedges is progressing towards returning to nan MLB roster, nan Guardians sewage a spot of bully news. Cleveland is successful coagulated style successful nan division, but Hedges should supply much-needed extent and stableness arsenic nan Guardians look to get backmost into a Wild Card spot successful nan American League.