Arizona Complex League Guardians

The Arizona Complex League Guardians are a Rookie-level affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, competing in the Arizona Complex League of Minor League Baseball. The team plays its home games at Goodyear Ballpark in Goodyear, Arizona. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and other countries.

Arizona Complex League Guardians
(1967–1975, 1988–1990, 2006–present) Goodyear, Arizona Gulf Coast League Indians (before 2009) Arizona League Indians (2009–2022)
Minor league affiliations
Class	Rookie
League	Arizona Complex League
Division	Central Division
Previous leagues	Arizona League (2009–2020) Gulf Coast League (1967–1975, 1988–1990, 2006–2008)
Major league affiliations
Team	Cleveland Guardians
Minor league titles
League titles (1)	2014
Division titles (2)	2014 2021
First-half titles (1)	2016
Team data
Name	ACL Guardians (2022–present)
Previous names	ACL Indians (2021) AZL Indians Blue & Red (2019) AZL Indians 1 & 2 (2018) AZL Indians (2009–2017) GCL Indians (1967–1975, 1988–1990, 2006–2008)
Ballpark	Goodyear Ballpark
Previous parks	Chain of Lakes Park (2006–2008)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Cleveland Guardians
Manager	Juan De La Cruz

History

The Cleveland Indians previously fielded a Rookie-level team in the Gulf Coast League (GCL) during three tenures (1967–1975, 1988–1990, and 2006–2008) known as the Gulf Coast League Indians.^[1] The team played at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida, during 2006–2008. Notable players for the GCL Indians include Jeff Newman in 1970;^[2] Newman went on to play in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1984, and was one of three managers for the 1986 Oakland Athletics.

In 2009, when the major-league Indians moved their spring training from Florida to Arizona, the Rookie-level team moved to the Arizona League (AZL), becoming the Arizona League Indians. The team has competed in Arizona since then.^[1] In 2018 and 2019, the team fielded two squads in the league, differentiated by suffixes (1 and 2, or Blue and Red).^[1] Prior to the 2021 season, the Arizona League was renamed as the Arizona Complex League (ACL). Following the rebranding of the Cleveland Indians to the "Cleveland Guardians" prior to the 2022 season, the organization's domestic complex team was renamed the "ACL Guardians."

Rosters

Arizona Complex League Guardians roster

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Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 58 Yatner Crisostomo 41 Miguel Flores -- Will Hynes ∞ 52 Ezequiel Jimenez 64 Diovel Mariano 24 Triston McKenzie 35 Chase Mobley 40 Manuel Osorio 39 Santiago Peraza 47 Erigaldi Perez 65 Joelvis Perez 37 José Ramirez 45 Renil Ramos 50 Raudy Rivera 55 Javi Torres 36 Keegan Zinn		Catchers 16 Pedro Dalmagro 32 Reiner Herrera  8 Victor Izturis 29 David Leon Infielders 11 Jhorvic Abreus 23 Luis De La Cruz 27 Dauri Fernandez  7 Jonathan Martinez  6 Gabriel Rodriguez  1 Johan Rodriguez Outfielders 34 Robert Arias 13 Mason Bolivar 15 Yeiferth Castillo 46 Estivel Morillo 28 Heribert Silva -- Aaron Walton ∞		Manager  9 Juan De La Cruz Coaches 22 Cam Hill (pitching) 33 Il Hur (hitting) 44 Anderson Polanco (pitching)  4 Jason Rose (hitting)  2 Chaz Verduzco (bench) 60-day injured list -- Justin Campbell -- José Contreras -- Riley Pint 30 Jacob Remily -- Cameron Sullivan 7-day injured list * On Cleveland Guardians 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated July 28, 2025 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Arizona Complex League → Cleveland Guardians minor league players

Season-by-season

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs GCL Indians[citation needed] 1967 30–29 2nd Gordon Seyfried No playoffs until 1983 1968 33–27 3rd Ken Aspromonte 1969 30–23 2nd Joe Lutz 1970 34–26 3rd Joe Lutz 1971 28–24 3rd Len Johnston 1972 34–26 3rd Pinky May 1973 32–24 2nd Len Johnston 1974 16–36 8th Wilfredo Calvino 1975 19–33 6th Tony Pacheco 1988 38–25 5th Billy Williams 1989 34–29 7th Mike Bucci 1990 23–40 13th Dean Treanor 2006 21–29 11th Chris Tremie 2007 28–31 8th Rouglas Odor 2008 27–29 11th Rouglas Odor

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs AZL Indians[citation needed] 2009 24–32 8th (t) Ted Kubiak 2010 21–35 10th Chris Tremie 2011 30–26 5th Anthony Medrano 2012 31–25 6th (t) Anthony Medrano 2013 28–28 7th Anthony Medrano Lost in 1st round vs. AZL Rangers (1 game to 0) 2014 37–16 1st Anthony Medrano League Champs vs. AZL Giants (1 game to 0) Won in semifinals vs. AZL Rangers (1 game to 0) 2015 23–33 12th (t) Anthony Medrano