Cleveland Guardians: First Half Breakdown

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Short-form video platform TikTok enjoyed a huge increase in viewership in the first six months of the year in Southeast Asia, contributing to a sudden halt to the overall growth of premium (SVOD) video, according to a new report. Data from AMPD and analysis from consultancy firm Media Partners Asia show that TikTok is increasingly a major driver of viewership growth on mobile and web platforms in the region, responsible for over 70% of growth in streaming minutes over the past two years.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have made some solid moves this off-season. You can add starting point guard Darius Garland to the list of people who are excited about the new additions. Garland is hyped to continue building around the team’s first playoff appearance since 2018.

Ever since the Cleveland Guardians moved shortstop Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez has moved up into the two-hole. Gimenez has struggled to produce batting second, will he be able to figure it out when his team needs him the most? Rosario was a solid two-hitter for the Guardians. He was a streaky hitter who chased a lot of pitches, but he produced when he got hot.

The Cleveland Guardians have found themselves in a rough spot all of this season. There have been a few pillars of light though, and one of those pillars is Josh Naylor. The first basemen and DH has been one of the hottest hitters in baseball all season long.

The Cleveland Guardians have placed ace pitcher Shane Bieber on the 60-Day IL. Bieber will now be sidelined until at least mid-September. Not only does this affect Cleveland’s playoff hopes it also cripples their trade market.

When Emoni Bates stepped onto the court for his first summer league game for the Cleveland Cavaliers all eyes were on him. It is not every season that the 49th pick steps onto the summer league court with this kind of attention, but Bates is not your average 49th pick. Many things have happened since Bates was considered the best player out of his recruiting class. A rough NCAA career as well as off-the-court troubles plagued the young man.

The Cleveland Guardians are actually one of the few teams in the MLB that have the assets to make a Shohei Ohtani trade happen. Ohtani is the biggest name in baseball right now and he has been for a few years. The Los Angeles Angels are not even sure if they are willing to trade Shohei just yet.

Korean content accounted for 50% of SVOD viewership and 42% of freemium viewership across Asia in the first half of 2023, according to a report released by Media Partners Asia (MPA). 

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Brooklyn Nets are set to play a regular season game in Paris, France next season! This will be the NBA’s third game in the French capital. Accor Arena is the chosen battleground for this matchup.

The Cleveland Browns have finally had it with their troublesome DT Perrion Winfrey. Cleveland finally released Winfrey on Wednesday morning after a video surfaced on Instagram of a woman saying Perrion threatened her with a firearm. The incident happened outside The 9 at East 9th and Euclid.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have won the 2023 NBA Summer League Championship! The Cavs were dominant throughout the 11-day tournament going an impressive 6-0. With a big win over the Houston Rockets, the Cavaliers have won their first Summer League titles with a final score of 99-78. “It was incredible. Amazing group of guys here,” said Summer League coach Mike Gerrity.

 we have The Cleveland Browns have unveiled their new alternate helmets! The new “white out series” is tapping deeper into the history of the franchise and bringing a true throwback experience. For three games this upcoming season the Cleveland Browns will be rocking this new look. The team will also be keeping the throwback jerseys they wore in 2021.

The Cleveland Guardians, a rough season so far may have just gotten even worse. Shane Bieber, the club’s ace, was shut down for two weeks on Saturday due to elbow inflammation. Bieber was already scratched from his next start to instead undergo an MRI.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are being called to try and acquire Paul George from the Los Angeles Clippers. According to James Piercey of NBAAnalysis.net, The Cleveland Cavaliers should trade Jarrett Allen, Issac Okoro, Rickey Rubio, and multiple draft picks for Paul George. Paul has been in trade rumors since joining the Clippers back in the summer of 2019. At the time the New York Knicks and the Portland Trailblazers were both interested in trading for George.

The Cleveland Guardians! Known for their dominant pitching staff, the Guards have always developed great talent on the mound. At the start of the 2023 all-star break, Cleveland had three rookies in their starting rotation. Tanner Bibee, Logan Allen, and Gavin Williams have all had their moments so far in the big leagues.

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ core will more than likely look the same going into the 2023-24 NBA season. Clevelands’ President of basketball operations, Koby Altman has stated that he plans to keep the core four of Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, and Evan Mobley together. This team made their first playoff appearance together last season, even though it did not go as planned.

The Cleveland Browns’ roster is filled to the brim with talent. The question is, will they be able to use it? With Watson’s first games with Cleveland, it was unclear if he would return to form. There is optimism in Cleveland that Watson will take this team very far, and he certainly has the talent around him to do it. One of those talents is WR1 Amari Cooper.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have had their pick of some of the top talent in the past few NBA drafts. Being a rebuilding team they had a lottery pick for about four years straight. Selecting solid players such as Darius Garland and Evan Mobley were no-brainers for the Cavaliers.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The vinyl boom is not going bust anytime soon. In the first half of 2023, vinyl LP sales were up 21.7% from the same period the year before, a robust vote of confidence for the format that has dominated album sales in recent years. That’s one of the findings in Luminate’s Midyear Music Report, being released by the leading data company today. That the vinyl format would be experiencing some kind of growth is not a surprise in and of itself is not a surprise. After all, 2022 marked the 17th consecutive year that vinyl saw a rise, so it was perhaps inevitable that 2023 would keep the streak going. Yet the whopping growth rate over the last six months is reassuring after, last year at this time, Luminate’s study showed the format had then only risen by 1%, leading some to believe the market had found its natural plateau after explosive bursts of quarantine buying that caused a 108% increase in 2021. This latest uptick is proving that a raging pandemic isn’t required for the avid interest in LPs to expand further still.

The Cleveland Cavaliers were having a wonderful year before the start of the 2023 NBA playoffs. After barely missing the playoffs the year before Cleveland snuck in a deal to land super-star Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz. Mitchell seemed like a perfect fit for this young team’s rise.