This weekend the Guardians will be making their first trip to Toronto since July 2019, when the top four hitters in their lineup were Francisco Lindor, Oscar Mercado, Carlos Santana, and Jordan Luplow, and when Mike Clevinger pitched seven innings. Jake Bauers was the DH. Wild times.
Thankfully, that feels like a lifetime ago.
The Guardians are scorching hot right now, winning their last five games and seven of their last 10, overall. The three starting pitchers they will bring to the series — Triston McKenzie, Cal Quantrill, and Shane Bieber — have combined to throw 21 scoreless innings over their last starts.