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2024 Guardians Regular Season Thread

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Here we go. Six games against the Red Sox (home) and the Braves (away). The Red Sox have the best ERA in baseball at 2.64, a full third of a run better than the next best. They are 12-7 against teams other than the Guardians and just swept the Pirates in three games by a score of 18-4. The Sox would have taken three of four from the Guardians in Boston last week if not for errors that lead to unearned runs in the 5-4 loss and the extra innings loss. I think they are just a half-step behind the Yankees and Orioles as the best team in the A.L.

The Braves are 15-6, one-half game behind the 16-6 Guardians for baseball's best record. They also have baseball's best roster and are 8-3 at home.

These next six days will be a huge test for the Guardians. We'll find out a lot more than we could know watching them play the A's, White Sox, Twins, and Mariners.

Throw in the NFL draft and two Cavaliers playoff games and we're looking at probably the most sports-packed week of the year with all three of Cleveland's pro sports team involved in something signficant. This will be the only week of the year where you can say that.
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
Here we go. Six games against the Red Sox (home) and the Braves (away). The Red Sox have the best ERA in baseball at 2.64, a full third of a run better than the next best. They are 12-7 against teams other than the Guardians and just swept the Pirates in three games by a score of 18-4. The Sox would have taken three of four from the Guardians in Boston last week if not for errors that lead to unearned runs in the 5-4 loss and the extra innings loss. I think they are just a half-step behind the Yankees and Orioles as the best team in the A.L.

The Braves are 15-6, one-half game behind the 16-6 Guardians for baseball's best record. They also have baseball's best roster and are 8-3 at home.

These next six days will be a huge test for the Guardians. We'll find out a lot more than we could know watching them play the A's, White Sox, Twins, and Mariners.

Throw in the NFL draft and two Cavaliers playoff games and we're looking at probably the most sports-packed week of the year with all three of Cleveland's pro sports team involved in something signficant. This will be the only week of the year where you can say that.
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The NFL Draft is this week? lol
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
Throw in the NFL draft and two Cavaliers playoff games and we're looking at probably the most sports-packed week of the year with all three of Cleveland's pro sports team involved in something signficant. This will be the only week of the year where you can say that.
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Good, Bad, or Even, this is why it’s great to be a Cleveland fan, there something going on year round, If you LOVE all three sports teams ……..
 
From Joe Noga:

Hedges said there are a lot of similarities between this year’s club and the 2022 version of the Guardians that won the American League Central Division and took the Yankees to five games in the Division series.

“The only difference is we’re not building something anymore, it’s built,” Hedges said. “The foundation was laid in ‘22. A lot of the young guys in year two or year three had a lot of adjustments to make. Now, I feel like the boys came in this year confident in who they are and that they belong and that they know what worked well in ‘22 and it’s just about doing it every single day.”
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
No offense taken. TBH, this is the least interested I've ever been in the draft by far due to no first round pick and probably no players in the second round that could start as rookies.
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It also doesn't help we didn't have the mock on here either since that always kept me informed on players...
 
The Athletic has their weekly Power Ranking out. The Guardians have moved up from 17th to 8th. We'll see where they are next week after six games against the Red Sox and the #1 ranked Braves.

The Twins are struggling and I'm wondering if it's too soon to write them off.

22. Minnesota Twins

Record: 8-13
Last Power Ranking: 18

Notable stat: .195 team batting average

It’s hard to rival the White Sox for futility in any hitting category right now. Really hard. But the Twins are doing their darndest. With Carlos Correa, Max Kepler and Royce Lewis on the injured list and Matt Wallner demoted to the minors, the lineup bears little resemblance to the fearsome one we saw last fall when the Twins won the AL Central. Of the 13 position players currently on the Twins roster, more than half are batting below the Mendoza Line, and only three (Alex Kirilloff, Trevor Larnach and Austin Martin) are above .250. — Nesbitt

It's not just the hitting. Their 3, 4, and 5 starters have ERA's of 4.91, 5.57, and 9.18. Their bullpen is good, ranking in the top 8 in the main categories, but if you're hitting .195 and your starters are giving up runs, you're going to be behind by the time the bullpen gets involved.
 
15. Kansas City Royals

Record: 13-10
Last Power Ranking: 19

Notable stat: 3.18 runs allowed per game

Go ahead and act all nonchalant that, after allowing 5.30 runs per game last year, the Royals are allowing the fewest runs in the majors this season. ...The Royals have the third-best rotation ERA in the majors, at 2.94. If the arms hold up and the heart of the lineup — Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez — keeps humming, the Royals will give their fans a whole lot to look forward to this summer. — Nesbitt

We'll see. The Royals are 6-1 against the pathetic White Sox and 3-0 against Houston (7-16). They are 2-4 against Baltimore and 1-2 against the Yankees. Of course, the Guardians are also 6-1 against the White Sox and 1-2 against the Yankees.

The Royals schedule gets a lot tougher now. They lost the opener to 13-10 Toronto last night and have three more against them. Then they get 13-10 Detroit, Toronto again, first place Texas, and 14-7 Milwaukee. The next 15 games will tell us a lot about the Royals.
 
PocketMonger said:
That horrible Oakland team is 8-8 excluding their Cleveland games. We’re the reason why Oakland’s record is so poor but get no credit for beating them.
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Can anyone tell us our opponents record take away our games?
 
Gson said:
.. yankee fans are claiming the loss to the A's was due to a combination of:

- the after effects of the solar eclipse
- the almost certainly planted A's fan who heckled the home plate umpire to get Boone thrown out..

It couldn't be JP Sears and his array of fastballs up and sliders/change ups down to an overly aggressive group of hitters trying to show they couldn't and wouldn't lose to the A's... yeah. that's what happened !!..
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307 million payroll vs 67 million payroll equals a 2-0 shutout in favor of the 67 million?

FanFuckingTastic
 
20. Detroit Tigers

Record: 13-10
Last Power Ranking: 20

Notable stat: The bullpen’s 1.65 ERA

Tigers pitchers lead the majors in batting average against (.208) and are second in ERA (2.94) and WHIP (1.11), but let’s zoom in on the bullpen. That ERA is the best among MLB bullpens by a country mile. Here are their relievers, listed from worst ERA to best: Andrew Chafin 2.08, Alex Faedo 1.98, Will Vest 1.80, Shelby Miller 1.74, Tyler Holton 1.50, Alex Lange 1.23, Joey Wentz 0.96 and Jason Foley 0.00. Wait, why isn’t the Tigers bullpen’s ERA even better than 1.65?

Ah, that’s right. Utility guy Zach McKinstry has a 54.00 ERA. — Nesbitt

The Tigers are 13-10 and have the second best ERA but still get no love. Maybe it's because they got off to a 5-0 start against the White Sox and Yankees but have since gone 8-10. They're averaging 4.0 runs per game (20th). If they are 20th in scoring and 2nd in ERA it seems they should be ranked higher than 20th.

It will be interesting when the Guardians play the Royals and Tigers - both teams are pitching great and the Guardians are 3rd (Wow!) in runs per game. Something has to give.

As of today Detroit, Cleveland, and Kansas City rank 2nd, 4th, and 5th in team ERA. There's some great pitching in the A.L. Central so far, although these teams have been playing a lot of games against the A's and White Sox, so factor that in.

The Red Sox and Yankees rank 1st and 3rd in team ERA. The Guardians have played 7 of their 22 games against these teams and have scored 33 runs in those 7 games, or 4.7 runs per game. However, nine of those 33 runs were unearned so it comes out to 24 earned runs in 7 games. Still, 3.8 runs per game against two of the top three pitching staffs in baseball is not bad. The Guardians are averaging 6.1 runs per game against teams other than the Red Sox and Yankees.
 
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