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  • CLE Starting Pitcher #47
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    Guardians transferred LHP John Means from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list.
    Means, who is rehabbing after Tommy John surgery, isn’t expected back before August.
  • CLE Starting Pitcher #47
    Guardians placed LHP John Means on the 15-day injured list.
    Means underwent surgery last June, so he won’t be a candidate to help the Guardians before August. He’ll likely wind up on the 60-day IL before then.
  • CLE Starting Pitcher #47
    Guardians signed LHP John Means to a one-year contract with a club option for 2026.
    Means is reportedly guaranteed $1 million, while the team option is worth $7.5 million. The former Orioles left-hander underwent Tommy John in June and will be sidelined until at least August of this season. He’ll go on to the active roster for now, but he’ll be placed on the 60-day IL next time the team needs to make a move.
  • FA Starting Pitcher #47
    The Athletic’s Zack Meisel reports that the Guardians are signing John Means to a one-year, $1 million contract with a $7.5 million club option for 2026.
    The two sides were first rumored to be circling one another on Sunday and now the deal appears to be finalized. Means had Tommy John surgery in June, so he could be on a path similar to the one Matthew Boyd took in 2024 where he returned to pitch for the Guardians for the final two months of the season. However, the Guardians also have a chance to keep Means around in 2026 if his recovery goes well. He should be off fantasy radars for 2025 though.
  • FA Starting Pitcher #47
    Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports that free agent southpaw John Means is in “advanced talks” with the Guardians.
    Means underwent a second Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery back in June and is expected to miss most of the 2025 season, so it wouldn’t be surprising if he signed a multi-year deal while he rehabs the injury. Fantasy managers in redraft leagues can safely ignore Means for the upcoming season.
  • FA Starting Pitcher #47
    According to Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports, the Orioles have maintained interest in bringing back free agent southpaw John Means.
    The 31-year-old hurler underwent his second Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery in June and will miss most, if not all, of the 2025 season while recovering. Wherever he ultimately does sign, expect it to be a two-year pact so the team can take advantage of a full and healthy season from him.
  • FA Starting Pitcher #47
    Mass Live’s Chris Cotillo reported that “the Red Sox have had some talks with John Means.”
    The free agent left-handed pitcher underwent Tommy John surgery in June of this past season. It was his second elbow surgery in the last three years and will likely keep Means out for all of 2025. However, the 31-year-old had a 2.64 ERA in his eight starts for the Orioles over the last two years in between his injuries, so the Red Sox may sign him to a two-year contract, as they did with Michael Fulmer and Liam Hendriks, and then let him rehab for one season in the hopes of getting at least one fully healthy season out of him in 2026.
  • BAL Starting Pitcher #47
    Orioles transferred LHP John Means from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list.
    Means will miss the rest of the season and much of next year after undergoing Tommy John surgery earlier this month.
  • BAL Starting Pitcher #47
    John Means underwent his second Tommy John surgery on Monday.
    This wasn’t the internal brace procedure, so if Means, who will be a free agent this winter, does return next year, it won’t be until the end of the season. Means totaled just 40 1/3 innings rehabbing in the minors and 44 1/3 major league innings in between his surgeries. He had a 2.64 ERA in his eight starts for the Orioles between this year and last.
  • BAL Starting Pitcher #47
    Orioles’ general manager Mike Elias told reporters on Friday that left-hander John Means will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the UCL in his left elbow.
    Oof. It’s unclear if Means will undergo another Tommy John surgery, or if he’ll have the internal brace procedure done, but either way he’ll miss the rest of the 2024 campaign and at least the start of the 2025 season while recovering. It’s just a brutal blow for the 31-year-old southpaw who worked so hard to come back from his last operation.