By the way - for Ohtani - it is 50 homers and 50 steals!!

Not doubles.

Sandlin is starting first game !


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Cleveland #Guardians RHP Nick Sandlin will start as the opener in Game 1 of tomorrow's doubleheader against the Royals. Look LHP for Logan Allen to follow Sandlin.

TFIR wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2024 10:49 am By the way - for Ohtani - it is 50 homers and 50 steals!!

Not doubles.

My Bad! I should have paid attention in the reading classes in grade school!

Despite of his hit last night Thomas = Straw. KC has hunger and fire in their eyes, not so much the Guards! I don't want it to be over.

Straw is a better fielder.
Thomas has IN THE PAST hit home runs; Straw never has.
Both decent basestealers.
Bottom line, neither impresses.

Gose is DFA'd for the 3rd time in about 3 weeks. If any other team were interested they could grab him, but he keeps bouncing back

LH reliever Erik Sabrowski is latest addition to the roster, and he even got to warm up yesterday until we took the lead. Another lefty whos' survived operations.
Drafted by the Padres in 2018, His career didn't start until he was 23 when he pitched 29 innings in Class A.
Cleveland took him in the minor league Rule 5 and he didn't pitch again until 2023 22 innings with Akron
returned to Akron this spring at age 26 and excelled with 26 strikeouts in 11 2/3 innings. 53 in 37 innings for Colunbus but also walked 30 and has ERA of 4.73
Hope he gets a chance to pitch an inning or two before Gose comes back again; preferably when the G's are rest the pen while holding a 10 run lead.

Standings as of today: wild card games would feature all central division teams.

KC, Minnesota and Balt/NY would be the 3 - the loser in the East division.

And interestingly it's looking very much like that will not change.

Thank you, I looked at that cross-eyed. Eye surgery Monday. I'll be better.

But you made a great point about the resurgence of the Central division.

2 of the 3 wildcards will come from there and as recently as last year that was unthinkable.

Meantime we get to watch KC/Minnesota beat up on each other this weekend making that a huge win at Dodgers last night.

Anyone heard anything about Noel ? For the last 2 months probably 90%+ of all runs that have scored are because of a home run. Why does Vogt keep his best power hitter on the bench ? (Noel) On a team that needs at least 2 to 3 hits and a walk to score a run Noel can do that with one swing. Makes no sense unless he is injured.

Lane Thomas should be in center every game.

Vogt has unusual lineup patters - he calls up Manzardo and he's sit against a couple righties?!?

Good call on Lane Thomas as he hits a key 3 run homer tonight. Now he's clicking. IF he can play an acceptable CF then it's a big win.

TFIR wrote: Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:30 pm Vogt has unusual lineup patters - he calls up Manzardo and he's sit against a couple righties?!?

Good call on Lane Thomas as he hits a key 3 run homer tonight. Now he's clicking. IF he can play an acceptable CF then it's a big win.

So TFIR, pass the salt. This crow isn't too bad over pasta!

Guardians Starter’s Comeback Season In Jeopardy After Line Drive
September 11, 2024

A scary moment unfolded in game two between the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox when Guardians starter Ben Lively was hit by a line drive off the bat of Dominic Fletcher. The liner, with an exit velocity of 96.4 mph, struck Lively in the leg/hip area in the bottom of the second inning.

Lively immediately fell to the ground and was clearly in pain. After being checked on by manager Terry Francona and the training staff, Lively was able to walk off the field under his own power, albeit with some assistance.


Pedro Avila came on in relief for Cleveland. The extent of Lively’s injury is unknown at this time, but the incident is a tough blow for the Guardians, who are already thin in their starting rotation due to injuries.

Did I miss Tito's return?