The Guardians lost a game where the hitting was bad and the bullpen was worse. Too bad they don’t have any hitting or relief help in Columbus!
Oh, what’s that? They have Cooper Ingle who has a 165 wRC+ and Franco Aleman has a 0.56 ERA in the past 16 innings? Shhhh, no one tell Chris Antonetti.
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Stephen Vogt used Matt Festa as a fireman yesterday and it blew up in his face. Now, in Vogt’s defense, coming into yesterday, Festa had a 2.76 FIP in high leverage spots and a 2.90 FIP with runners in scoring position. Now, of course, his xFIP’s in both spots were over 5.
Festa’s K/BB is still good. The problem, of course, is that he is giving up a 14% HR/FB rate. That hurts. And it’s why I think they need to try to get Aleman up and get him through waivers. He’s getting crushed.
The Guardians hitters were horrific against Imai and the Astros pen who are, frankly, awful. They struck out 15 times and had 0 walks. Gabriel Arias remains a player who cannot hit major league pitching and whose defense does not justify his place on the roster.
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