Emmanuel Clase Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 206 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 3/18/1998 (26)
- Experience
- 4
- College
- None
Emmanuel Clase Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Emmanuel Clase News
Cleveland Guardians right-hander Emmanuel Clase allowed one hit while striking out two over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Clase entered Saturday's game during the ninth inning to protect a two-run lead. He got two quick outs before allowing a two-out single to Twins shortstop Carlos Correa. The 26-year-old shook off the two-out hit by striking out Alex Kirilloff to the end game. He is 4-for-4 in save chances and has not allowed a run this season. Clase is off to a hot start as Cleveland's primary closer and will look to rack up his third straight 40-save campaign in 2024.
Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase registered his third save already this year to finish off the division-rival Minnesota Twins in Thursday's 4-2 win, pitching a clean ninth inning to protect the victory. Clase didn't fan any of the three batters he faced on a day the Guards punched out 15, but he's now up to three scoreless innings with two strikeouts to begin the season. After leading baseball in saves in each of the past two campaigns, the 26-year-old former American League Reliever of the Year is tied with Clay Holmes for the lead in saves during the very early stages of 2024. Cleveland paced MLB with 81 save opportunities last year, and Clase will hope to ride a similar wave again. He's entrenched as one of fantasy's elite closers going forward and should have no problem reaching 30 saves this season.
Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase picked up his second save of the season in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Mariners. Clase came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth inning up by three. He got the first out on a strikeout, allowed a single, got the second out on a groundout, and ended the game with another strikeout. The 25-year-old has been one of fantasy's premier closers for several seasons and is off to another great start, working two scoreless innings with no walks and two strikeouts.
Batting Order
1 | Steven Kwan |
2 | Andrés Giménez |
3 | José Ramírez |
4 | Josh Naylor |
5 | Will Brennan |
6 | Estevan Florial |
7 | Gabriel Arias |
8 | Austin Hedges |
9 | Brayan Rocchio |
Emmanuel Clase Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Steven Kwan |
2 | Andrés Giménez |
3 | José Ramírez |
4 | Josh Naylor |
5 | Will Brennan |
6 | Estevan Florial |
7 | Gabriel Arias |
8 | Austin Hedges |
9 | Brayan Rocchio |
Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase was dealt arguably the most favorable hand of all relief pitchers in 2023, riding the wave of an MLB-high 81 save opportunities presented by his team. For the second consecutive season, Clase led the major leagues in saves by converting 44 of his 47 chances. The extreme volume wasn't all good for Clase, however, blowing an MLB-worst 12 saves. The hard-throwing Dominican right-hander also followed up an amazing 2022, which saw him take home the AL Reliever of the Year Award on a 1.36 ERA and 0.73 WHIP, with a strong but lesser 3.22 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, and 64:16 K:BB over 72 2/3 innings. It was always going to be an uphill battle for Clase to mirror his 2022 dominance, but on top of his ERA taking a significant tumble, his 21.2% strikeout rate also paled in comparison to his prior 28.4% clip. With the two-time All-Star's cutter-slider combination only yielding average swing-and-miss stuff, Clase enters 2024 appearing far more reliant on limiting traffic on the bases (5.3% walk rate) as well as his infield defense (56.6% ground-ball rate). The Guardians traded for Scott Barlow, who has closing experience, from the San Diego Padres in November to add some bullpen competition, but Clase is surely getting first dibs on ninth-inning work in Cleveland to start the campaign. Clase is a consensus top-three reliever off fantasy draft boards alongside Devin Williams and Josh Hader and a threat to three-peat as the big-league saves leader, but his noticeable fall-off from one year to the next probably means managers should wait until the top 50 picks have passed before spending one on him.