A glaring issue for the Cleveland Guardians the last couple of years has been making it easy on opposing pitchers. After Franmil Reyes the lineup fell off a cliff, shortening the game and making watching the team an utter misery for fans. A squad that wants to challenge, not even for a title but just to play in October, needs to make navigating the lineup a problem.
The Guards are starting to put that on the field, and have what feels like a pretty strong top five or so. That back end though, it needs to create some kind of havoc, score some opportune runs and break hearts now and again.