The Guardians can’t hit for average, and can’t hit for power. They do draw walks, but opponents have made the extremely obvious adjustment to that: Just throw strikes, since they can’t hit for average or power.
9 more innings. Only 2 more runs. This offense is painful to watch, and they still think Grant Fink is the man for the job.
Up next is Carlos Rodon, so pencil in a bunch more 0’s on your scorecard. Parker Messick needs to pitch a perfect game to force extra innings.
Around baseball
• Braden Montgomery made his MLB debut, and hit a walkoff home run. 2nd place is calling the Guardians’ name.
• Meisel wrote a long, good article about knee-down catching leading to more baseballs to the, um, higher-than-knee.
• Not wanting to miss a game against CLE’s offense, Tarik Skubal likely to return in the coming days.
Hot Take of the Day
• Austin Hedges is better than Patrick Bailey at everything. Framing. Game calling. Blocking. Catching the ball. Even hitting.
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