Editing Cleveland Guardians (section)

====Guardians rebranding====
[[File:Stephen Vogt (53479720675).jpg|thumb|Current manager [[Stephen Vogt]]]]
On December 18, 2020, the team announced that the Indians name and logo would be dropped after the 2021 season, later revealing the replacement to be the Guardians.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hanna|first1=Jason|last2=De La Fuente|first2=Homero|last3=Dotson|first3=|title=Cleveland Indians changing name to Cleveland Guardians|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/us/cleveland-major-league-baseball-name/index.html|website=[[CNN]]|date=July 23, 2021|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=July 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723174915/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/us/cleveland-major-league-baseball-name/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYTimesDropTeamname" /><ref name="ClevelandGuardians"/><ref name="Cleveland Indians choose Guardians"/> In their first season as the Guardians, the team won the 2022 AL Central Division crown, marking the 11th division title in franchise history. In the best-of-three [[2022 American League Wild Card Series|AL Wild Card Series]], the Guardians won the series against the [[2022 Tampa Bay Rays season|Tampa Bay Rays]] 2–0, to advance to the [[2022 American League Division Series|AL Division Series]]. The Guardians lost the series to the [[2022 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]] 3–2, ending their season. In June 2022, sports investor [[David Blitzer]] bought a 25% stake in the franchise with an option to acquire controlling interest in 2028.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blitzer purchases 25% stake in Guardians |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/david-blitzer-guardians-minority-owner |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=MLB.com |language=en |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627161908/https://www.mlb.com/news/david-blitzer-guardians-minority-owner |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Noga |first=Joe |date=June 27, 2022 |title=Cleveland Guardians reach agreement with David Blitzer-led investment group for minority stake in club |url=https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2022/06/cleveland-guardians-reach-agreement-with-david-blitzer-led-investment-group-for-minority-stake-in-club.html |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Cleveland.com |language=en |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627162250/https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2022/06/cleveland-guardians-reach-agreement-with-david-blitzer-led-investment-group-for-minority-stake-in-club.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following Francona's retirement at the end of the 2023 season, the Guardians named [[Stephen Vogt]] as their new manager on November 6, 2023. Vogt would lead the Guardians to a bounce-back season, winning the AL Central with a 92–69 record. The Guardians would beat their AL Central rival the [[Detroit Tigers]] in the AL Division Series in five games, but would lose to the [[New York Yankees]] in the AL Pennant in five games.