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The past three games have been the perfect representation of how the Guardians have found their own scrappy ways of winning games this season. First, the team has relied on stellar pitching. During this series, Cleveland walked a total of one batter (including the 11-inning game on Tuesday) by Aaron Civale in his first start back from the injured list in the series opener. After that, no other pitcher -- starter or reliever, which included 11 more arms -- issued a free pass.
"I've suffered a great many tragedies in my life....most of them never happened". Mark Twain

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Don’t know if anyone else caught this but the telecast discussed the Rule v and how Oscar could have been taken. Andre Knott said that Antonetti and Chernoff heavily hinted they suspected the draft may not be held so they were less worried.
"I've suffered a great many tragedies in my life....most of them never happened". Mark Twain

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I am worried about Jose. Before the AllStar game Jose was hitting a HR every 17.4 at bats, post it is every 26.3 at bats, He struck out once every 8.9 at bats, and 5.9 at bats post AllStar break. His average has dropped .035 from .288 to .253, Slugging % has dropped .158, and his OPS has dropped .198.

I am thinking that his trying for home runs during the contest caused his swing to deteriorate. He has his far too many pop-ups as opposed to the hard line drives we had become accustomed to seeing. It was painful to watch him at bat yesterday.
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all of a sudden MLB.com is full of stories lauding the Guardians; Tito as obvious manager of the year; team as well established superior at drafting and developing college pitchers; great returns received in the Kluber-Lindor and Clevinger deals. Force other teams to play error-free if they want to beat the Gs; excellent 3 starters, great deep bullpen means it is very hard to rally against. Etc.