So, yeah. Yesterday was not fun.
According to BaseRuns, the 2024 Cleveland Guardians are 11 wins better than expected, and yesterday gave us a taste of why. Cleveland ended the day with 13 hits. Six of them had an exit velocity below 83 MPH.
Trailing by three runs in the 7th, Bo Naylor led off the inning with a homer, making it a 5-3 game. Back-to-back singles and a wild pitch put runners on the corners with nobody out with Lucas Erceg on the mound. The next five batters went like this.
- Jose Ramirez fly out.