News and Notes: Well, That Was Not Fun

I’ll be honest... I’m not happy with the Cleveland Guardians.

Tampa Bay is a smart organization. They have seen that the Guardians designed this offense to rely on pulled fly balls. So, it’s very clear that every pitcher on the Rays is giving the Guardians almost nothing but offspeed pitches outside. On the rare occasion that a fastball comes over the middle of the plate, the Guardians are missing it right now. When they do hit it, it’s not at the right time.

Tanner Bibee wasn’t great, but he was good enough for this team to win a game they need in order to make the playoffs.

I’m not really sure why Juan Brito or, heck, Johnathan Rodriguez isn’t in Cleveland instead of Daniel Schneemann who…