Overview

• Cleveland listed DeLauter in center field and batting seventh for Wednesday’s AL Wild Card Game 2 against Detroit at Progressive Field with the Guardians down 0-1 in the best-of-three.
• He becomes the first player in franchise history to debut in the postseason and the sixth in MLB’s modern era to do so.
• Manager Stephen Vogt said DeLauter is healthy and called him the best bat available as Cleveland seeks an offensive spark after striking out 15 times in a 2-1 Game 1 loss.
• The 23-year-old hit .278/.383/.476 with five homers in 34 games at Triple-A Columbus this season before surgeries for a sports hernia in March and a right hamate fracture in July.
• Ranked No. 2 in the organization and No. 54 overall by MLB Pipeline, DeLauter worked in center this week with outfield coach J.T. Maguire after preparing in Arizona for a planned Fall League stint.