The Cleveland Guardians are falling in the MLB playoff standings, but Stephen Vogt believes the team needs to worry about itself.

“Messick really did pitch well enough to give the Guardians a chance to win,” noted cleveland.com beat reporter Joe Noga on the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast. " What made Messick’s outing particularly notable was its historic significance. Noga ...

Now, Cleveland’s No. 12 prospect ( according to MLB Pipeline) is set to make his MLB debut today in the series finale vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Messick joins the starting rotation in place of Joey Cantillo, who was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Sunday.

The Guardians provided a progress report on many prospects, including Travis Bazzana and Chase DeLauter, who has resumed baseball activity amid rehab.

The Cleveland Guardians have a handful of decisions to make following this season, and it may mean getting rid of key pieces.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. led off the ninth inning with a tying homer, Adrian Del Castillo had a broken-bat RBI single in the 10th and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Wednesday.

After snapping the Big Apple curse, the Cleveland Guardians are back for another round with the New York Mets at Citi Field. This MLB game is available on multiple streaming services.

The Cleveland Guardians are hovering around .500, and with about 35 games remaining in the regular season, they will likley have to get hot both offensively and on the pitching side, and will need some help from the rest of the field in the American League playoff picture if they want to sneak into the last Wild Card spot.

Parker Messick, recalled from Triple-A Columbus, struck out six and walked one in his MLB debut for the Cleveland Guardians