Midwest League Pitcher of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\nHartle earned a cup of coffee at Double-A, where he made two starts and pitched reasonably well. He\u2019ll likely begin the 2026 campaign there.<\/p>\n
Despite his size, Hartle isn\u2019t a burner with elite velocity. He sits in the low 90s and touches about 94 mph with his fastball. His changeup currently is his best pitch and his cutter and slider aren\u2019t too far behind. While he hasn\u2019t flashed elite strikeout stuff, he has done a good job of mitigating hard contact.<\/p>\n
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Now, it\u2019s time to determine who is number 20 in the Guardians\u2019 loaded farm system and you now have a whopping 10 players to choose from! Your options are below:<\/p>\n
Robert Arias, OF (Age 19)
2025 (ACL) 198 PA, .287\/.389\/.402, 2 HR, 29 SB, 14.6 BB%, 11.1 K%, 116 wRC+<\/p>\n
A top Cleveland international signing out of the Dominican Republic in 2024, Arias has easily walked more than striking out and had a strong stateside debut last year in the Complex League.<\/p>\n
Jacob Cozart, C (Age 23)
2025 (A+) 308 PA, .229\/.344\/.364, 7 HR, 0 SB, 13.3 BB%, 21.1K%, 106 wRC+
2025 (AA) 94 PA, .256\/.330\/.390, 2 HR, 0 SB, 8.5 BB%, 25.5K%, 113 wRC+<\/p>\n
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Selected as a defense-first catcher with some pop in the second round of the 2024 MLB Draft, Cozart had above-average offensive seasons at both High-A and Double-A in 2025.<\/p>\n
Dauri Fernandez, SS (Age 18)
2025 (ACL) 176 PA, .333\/.398\/.558, 6 HR, 16 SB, 9.1 BB%, 12.5 K%, 147 wRC+
2025 (A): 24 PA, .273\/.250\/.318, 0 HR, 2 SB, 0 BB%, 12.5 K%, 57 wRC+<\/p>\n
One of Cleveland\u2019s top performers in the Arizona Complex League in 2025. Undersized, but makes solid contact and doesn\u2019t strike out often. Earned a small taste of full-season ball at the end of the year.<\/p>\n
Jogly Garcia, RHP (Age 22)
2025 (A): 8 G, 30.2 IP, 2.05 ERA, 1.42 FIP, 42.9 K%, 11.1 BB%, 1.04 WHIP
2025 (A+): 3 G, 8.1 IP, 5.40 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 24.3 K%, 8.1 BB%, 1.32 WHIP<\/p>\n
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Another international prospect signed out of Venezuela, Garcia exploded into relevance with a sensational start to the 2025 season before getting derailed by injury.<\/p>\n
Franklin Gomez, LHP (Age 20)
w\/ Mets 2025 (A): 14 G, 82.0 IP, 1.85 ERA, 3.63 FIP, 21.4 K%, 11.7 BB%, 1.09 WHIP
w\/ Mets 2025 (A+): 6 GS, 48.2 IP, 1.70 ERA, 3.65 FIP, 23.4 K%, 9.9 BB%, 1.83 WHIP<\/p>\n
Acquired from the Mets in a trade for international bonus cash, Gomez lit up Single-A in his age-19 season, then improved his walk and strikeout numbers after being promoted to High-A.<\/p>\n
Petey Halpin, OF (Age 23)
2025 (AAA) 553 PA, .249\/.321\/.414, 14 HR, 15 SB, 9.2 BB%, 28.2 K%, 95 wRC+
2025 (MLB): 8 PA, .333\/.500\/.333, 0 HR, 0 SB, 25.0 BB%, 25.0 K%, 157 wRC+<\/p>\n
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Earned a cup of coffee in Cleveland last season after an average year at Triple-A at age 23. Impressed with five runs scored in just six games played with the Guardians.<\/p>\n
Austin Peterson, RHP (Age 26)
2025 (AA): 11 GS, 55.0 IP, 1.47 ERA, 3.29 FIP, 23.9 K%, 4.9 BB%, 0.84 WHIP
2025 (AAA): 15 GS, 90.2 IP, 4.27 ERA, 4.37 FIP, 20.2 K%, 7.8 BB%, 1.37 WHIP<\/p>\n
Absolutely dominated Double-A to begin 2025 looking well on his way to repeating his tremendous 2024 season, but then struggled after an early-season promotion to Triple-A. Remains on the 40-man roster.<\/p>\n
Gabriel Rodriguez, SS (Age 18)
2025 (ACL) 122 PA, .294\/.393\/.402, 1 HR, 11 SB, 12.3 BB%, 18.9 K%, 116 wRC+<\/p>\n
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One of Cleveland\u2019s top recent international signings, Rodriguez put up strong offensive numbers in his stateside debut in his age-18 season in 2025. Expected to transition to full-season ball this year.<\/p>\n
Andrew Walters, RHP (Age 25)
2025 (AAA): 12 G, 12.0 IP, 1.50 ERA, 1.91 FIP, 46.0 K%, 18.0 BB%, 1.17 WHIP
2025 (MLB): 2 G, 1.1 IP, 13.50 ERA, 9.89 FIP, 33.3 K%, 0.0 BB%, 1.50 WHIP<\/p>\n
Walters maintains his rookie status due to limited MLB appearances because of an injury in 2025. If he returns at 100%, he\u2019ll once again be a factor in the back end of Cleveland\u2019s vaunted bullpen.<\/p>\n
View Link<\/a><\/p>\nOur list so far:
1. Chase DeLauter, LHH OF
2. Travis Bazzana, LHH 2B
3. Parker Messick, LHP
4. Ralphy Velazquez, LHH 1B\/RF
5. Angel Genao, SH SS
6. Braylon Doughty, RHP
7. Cooper Ingle, LHH C
8. Khal Stephen, RHP
9. Juan Brito, SH 2B\/1B\/RF\/3B
10. Jaison Chourio, SH OF
11. Kahlil Watson, LHH OF
12. Daniel Espino, RHP
13. George Valera, LHH OF
14. Jace LaViolette, LHH OF
15. Joey Oakie, RHP
16. Alfonsin Rosario, RHH OF
17. Juneiker Caceres, LHH OF
18. Yorman Gomez, RHP
19. Josh Hartle, LHP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The people have spoken and left-handed pitcher Josh Hartle is our No. 19 Cleveland Guardians prospect for 2026.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2380],"tags":[10986,60659,5,22912,135,51,2565,48263,42301,538,47927,58995,60661,2566,101,4,492,34644,47158,64,74157,950],"class_list":{"0":"post-562606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-guardians","8":"tag-andrew-walters","9":"tag-austin-peterson","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-chase-delauter","12":"tag-cleveland","13":"tag-cleveland-guardians","14":"tag-clevelandguardians","15":"tag-daniel-espino","16":"tag-george-valera","17":"tag-guardians","18":"tag-jacob-cozart","19":"tag-josh-hartle","20":"tag-kahlil-watson","21":"tag-luis-ortiz","22":"tag-mets","23":"tag-mlb","24":"tag-pa","25":"tag-parker-messick","26":"tag-petey-halpin","27":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","28":"tag-robert-arias","29":"tag-spencer-horwitz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116041741967009386","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}