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2024 Season | Series #13 | Guardians @ White Sox | May 9-12, 2024
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Shitty night to be a Cleveland sports fan.
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With Kwan out I'm hoping at least one of these guys can step up and do their thing and help fill that void. Gimenez, Bo, Freeman, Manzardo, Florial. That's a workable list as a fan, plus JRod and Schneemann.
It would be nice to put up a ton of runs tomorrow, and see some of these younger guys relax a bit. And hit.
It would be nice to put up a ton of runs tomorrow, and see some of these younger guys relax a bit. And hit.
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It would be nice if he was a little more aggressive.
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I liked Vogt leaving Boyzardo in for those 2 high pressure ABs. He managed to not K....so that's improvement.
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He got outclassed on that slider.. May have been the first one Kopech threw. Zardo was prolly thinking FB again and just threw the bat at it.
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Game 2 preview:
Carlos Carrasco attempts to even the series after the Guardians were shut down by Fedde Mercury in the opener. Carlos has had his ups and downs this year but is coming off his best start of the season, going six innings against the Angels and allowing just one run. In his previous two starts he allowed 13 runs and five homers. Hopefully we'll get the guy we saw against the Angels and not the one from the previous two starts.
Current White Sox batters are hitting .312 against Carlos. Tommy Pham, who is swinging the bat really well at the moment, is 6-for-11. Eloy Jimenez is 3-for-4 and Andrew Benintendi is 3-for-9 with 4 RBI's.
Carlos has a 5.67 ERA on the year. He'll be facing lefty Garrett Crochet, 2-4, 5.31 ERA. Crochet is a 24-year-old with a 5-11, 3.64 ERA for his career. In his last two starts he went 11 innings allowing three runs. He has 53 strikeouts against 9 walks in 41 innings. At 6'6", 245 he is an imposing figure. He has allowed eight home runs, all to right-handed hitters. Lefties are hitting .143/.393 off him. His home ERA is much better at 3.57.
Will Brennan is hitting .345 in May. The Guardians have some hitters who have done well against lefties this year starting with David Fry (.417/1.261). Josh Naylor is hitting .294/1.045 against lefties. Arias is hitting .333/.810 - a massive improvement over last year. Jose is hitting .293/.860. Florial is 3-for-8 with two doubles.
As a team the Guardians are hitting .263/.773 against lefties versus .231/.678 against right-handers. It's shocking they are over 100 OPS lower against righties considering how many left-handed hitters they have.
The Guardians really missed Steven Kwan in their 3-2 loss in the opener. Rocchio hit leadoff and was 0-for-4.
The Guardians are now 1.5 games ahead of the Twins and Royals.
Carlos Carrasco attempts to even the series after the Guardians were shut down by Fedde Mercury in the opener. Carlos has had his ups and downs this year but is coming off his best start of the season, going six innings against the Angels and allowing just one run. In his previous two starts he allowed 13 runs and five homers. Hopefully we'll get the guy we saw against the Angels and not the one from the previous two starts.
Current White Sox batters are hitting .312 against Carlos. Tommy Pham, who is swinging the bat really well at the moment, is 6-for-11. Eloy Jimenez is 3-for-4 and Andrew Benintendi is 3-for-9 with 4 RBI's.
Carlos has a 5.67 ERA on the year. He'll be facing lefty Garrett Crochet, 2-4, 5.31 ERA. Crochet is a 24-year-old with a 5-11, 3.64 ERA for his career. In his last two starts he went 11 innings allowing three runs. He has 53 strikeouts against 9 walks in 41 innings. At 6'6", 245 he is an imposing figure. He has allowed eight home runs, all to right-handed hitters. Lefties are hitting .143/.393 off him. His home ERA is much better at 3.57.
Will Brennan is hitting .345 in May. The Guardians have some hitters who have done well against lefties this year starting with David Fry (.417/1.261). Josh Naylor is hitting .294/1.045 against lefties. Arias is hitting .333/.810 - a massive improvement over last year. Jose is hitting .293/.860. Florial is 3-for-8 with two doubles.
As a team the Guardians are hitting .263/.773 against lefties versus .231/.678 against right-handers. It's shocking they are over 100 OPS lower against righties considering how many left-handed hitters they have.
The Guardians really missed Steven Kwan in their 3-2 loss in the opener. Rocchio hit leadoff and was 0-for-4.
The Guardians are now 1.5 games ahead of the Twins and Royals.
Bats woke up too late and some untimely bad BIP luck from the 5rh inning on.
As soon as someone was on base, the bad luck started. 106 EV GIDP from Freeman in 5th.
Rocchio and Gimenez with 2 high xBA puts to start 6th.
Bases loaded opportunity in the 7th with the last out being a 97 EV fairly hard hit ball.
Will Brennan in 9th to dead center....
But, it's also true that Manzardo ended 3 of those innings and opportunities (5th 7th and 9th). We need a little more from the rook, or he needs to go back down.
These fuckers from Chicago have played us tough all games. Going back to last year. It's like we're their WS or somethings. Fold against the Twins and then bug us all year. Can't lose the Division because of these morons. Gotta make a statement rest of the series
As soon as someone was on base, the bad luck started. 106 EV GIDP from Freeman in 5th.
Rocchio and Gimenez with 2 high xBA puts to start 6th.
Bases loaded opportunity in the 7th with the last out being a 97 EV fairly hard hit ball.
Will Brennan in 9th to dead center....
But, it's also true that Manzardo ended 3 of those innings and opportunities (5th 7th and 9th). We need a little more from the rook, or he needs to go back down.
These fuckers from Chicago have played us tough all games. Going back to last year. It's like we're their WS or somethings. Fold against the Twins and then bug us all year. Can't lose the Division because of these morons. Gotta make a statement rest of the series
Unfortunately, we have no one else (other than Schneeman) who can do it. And, yes, we can put Florial in that role. But with a whopping .263 OBP, the results would have matched Manzardo last night 1-4 outing and probably produced the same inning ending scenarios (typical of 9th hitter).
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It's silly to say this in early May.
But tonight is a big game. It's important to win series in the division.
But tonight is a big game. It's important to win series in the division.
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I think we'll come out focused better tonight. We're certainly not gonna leave as many runners on base as we did last night.
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Sometimes even playing a far inferior team you get beat when their starter is on his A game and your starter is a little off. Just because the White Sox suck doesn't mean every player on their team sucks. Fedde has allowed two runs or fewer in six of his eight starts. He was dealing last night and the Guardians could not touch him.
He's 31. I would love to trade for him as I have no confidence in Allen or Carrasco. The White Sox have Paul Dejong, a 30-year-old with a .229 career BA playing shortstop. Their backup is Braden Shewmake, hitting .129 in 62 major league at-bats. He's 26.
Their top two shortstop prospects are ranked 9th and 11th in their system. One is 21, the other 19, and they're playing in A ball and the rookie league.
Fedde is making an affordable $7.5 million this year and next. How about we offer them Arias or Rocchio for him? They won't be in contention for several years and they should be stockpiling prospects at positions where they are weak in their farm system. They just traded Robbie Grossman and Dylan Cease. Tommy Pham will be traded soon if they can find a taker. They really should trade Fedde.
The Guardians can always move Gimenez to short and open up second base for Brito or Barrazza (assuming they draft him) if Arias or Rocchio doesn't pan out or gets traded.
He's 31. I would love to trade for him as I have no confidence in Allen or Carrasco. The White Sox have Paul Dejong, a 30-year-old with a .229 career BA playing shortstop. Their backup is Braden Shewmake, hitting .129 in 62 major league at-bats. He's 26.
Their top two shortstop prospects are ranked 9th and 11th in their system. One is 21, the other 19, and they're playing in A ball and the rookie league.
Fedde is making an affordable $7.5 million this year and next. How about we offer them Arias or Rocchio for him? They won't be in contention for several years and they should be stockpiling prospects at positions where they are weak in their farm system. They just traded Robbie Grossman and Dylan Cease. Tommy Pham will be traded soon if they can find a taker. They really should trade Fedde.
The Guardians can always move Gimenez to short and open up second base for Brito or Barrazza (assuming they draft him) if Arias or Rocchio doesn't pan out or gets traded.