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Franco Aleman’s ‘Childhood Dream Comes True’ in Call-up to Major League Roster
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Franco Aleman’s ‘Childhood Dream Comes True’ in Call-up to Major League Roster

Cleveland Cavaliers On SI·Cade Cracas·24 days ago
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"It's a childhood dream come true. I feel like eight-year-old me. Today, I put my picture when I was like eight or nine in Cuba as my screensaver just to remind myself to just be a kid out there and have fun." Words uttered by 25-year-old prospect Franco Aleman in the slightly warm Cleveland Guardians dugout with local media members huddled around him. The right-handed reliever will make his big league debut in the coming days after receiving a call-up from Triple-A Columbus . After starting off the 2026 campaign on a stellar note, tossing 12 innings without giving up an earned run, striking out 18 batters in the process, Aleman received a phone call on Thursday that he would be called up to the Guardians' major league roster. "The manager yesterday, after the game, called me and told me there was a really good chance that I was going to get activated after the game," Aleman said. "The first person I called was my wife, of course, and she started crying immediately...…

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