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The Guardians head west for a four-game weekend series against the Angels with their playoff hopes pretty much blasted out of the water. The Angels have nose-dived since July 31 when they were 56-51. Since then they have lost 25 of 33 and 13 of their last 16. Ohtani and Trout are both out and so are Stassi, Cron, Rendon, and Ward. The front office threw in the towel and released six players, three of which ended up in Cleveland.
There’s no point looking at the season stats because this is not even close to the team it was in the first half and up to the trade deadline. Between the injuries and releases they’re a shell of what they used to be.
The Angels’ starting pitchers for this series are, in order, RHP Griffin Canning (7-5, 4.30), LHP Tyler Anderson (5-6, 5.55), not announced, and Reid Detmers (3-10, 4.82). The Guardians will go with Quantrill, Allen, Giolito, and Bibee.
Since Aug. 1 when they started their death spiral the Angels rank 28th in runs, 29th in wRC+, 26th in defense, and 29th in WAR. The Guardians aren’t much better offensively. The Angels are last in the majors in ERA since Aug. 1 at 6.13. The Guardians are 17th at 4.43.
Cal Quantrill starts it off. Cal had an excellent start in his first game back after being out for two months. Griffin Canning is a 27-year-old with a career record of 19-18, 4.59 in four years. His last two starts were very good as he allowed 3 runs in 13 innings. He has trouble the second time through the batting order as opponents are hitting .294/.927 the second time they see his pitches. With RISP and two out batters are hitting .297/.936 so he is not a great rally killer.
Obviously the plan will be to see his pitches the first time through and tee off the second time.
The Guardians need to sweep the Angels and then take two of three from the Giants, who have lost 21 of their last 30. If the G’s go 6-1 on this west coast swing against two teams that are floundering at the moment while the Twins go 2-4 against the Yankees and Tampa we would gain 3.5 games and be within 2.5 games of them and the pressure would be on. The Yankees and Rays have won 8 of 10 and 7 of 10 so these games won’t be easy wins for the Twins.
This could still get interesting but only if the G’s take 6 of 7 from the tanking Angels and free-falling Giants while the Twins lose more than they win.
There’s no point looking at the season stats because this is not even close to the team it was in the first half and up to the trade deadline. Between the injuries and releases they’re a shell of what they used to be.
The Angels’ starting pitchers for this series are, in order, RHP Griffin Canning (7-5, 4.30), LHP Tyler Anderson (5-6, 5.55), not announced, and Reid Detmers (3-10, 4.82). The Guardians will go with Quantrill, Allen, Giolito, and Bibee.
Since Aug. 1 when they started their death spiral the Angels rank 28th in runs, 29th in wRC+, 26th in defense, and 29th in WAR. The Guardians aren’t much better offensively. The Angels are last in the majors in ERA since Aug. 1 at 6.13. The Guardians are 17th at 4.43.
Cal Quantrill starts it off. Cal had an excellent start in his first game back after being out for two months. Griffin Canning is a 27-year-old with a career record of 19-18, 4.59 in four years. His last two starts were very good as he allowed 3 runs in 13 innings. He has trouble the second time through the batting order as opponents are hitting .294/.927 the second time they see his pitches. With RISP and two out batters are hitting .297/.936 so he is not a great rally killer.
Obviously the plan will be to see his pitches the first time through and tee off the second time.
The Guardians need to sweep the Angels and then take two of three from the Giants, who have lost 21 of their last 30. If the G’s go 6-1 on this west coast swing against two teams that are floundering at the moment while the Twins go 2-4 against the Yankees and Tampa we would gain 3.5 games and be within 2.5 games of them and the pressure would be on. The Yankees and Rays have won 8 of 10 and 7 of 10 so these games won’t be easy wins for the Twins.
This could still get interesting but only if the G’s take 6 of 7 from the tanking Angels and free-falling Giants while the Twins lose more than they win.
