And, now, before the break… the Guardians play the hottest team in baseball – the Miami Marlins.
This is also a battle of the 29th highest payroll in baseball vs. the lowest payroll in baseball. I guess the loser is forced to extend a young player and sign a veteran projected to hit 20 homers. That would really make Dolan and Sherman pull out the stops.
The Guardians are 48-46 with a -9 run differential, 25th in MLB with a 92 wRC+, tenth in baserunning runs above average at 3.4, seventh in Defense
at -1.1, seventh in starting pitcher ERA at 3.75 (4.08 FIP), and tenth in bullpen ERA at 3.82 (3.87 FIP).
The Marlins are 52-42 with a +31 run differential, tenth with a 103 wRC+, fourth in baserunning runs above average at 6.7, 12th in Defense at -8, 14th in starting pitcher ERA at 4.27 (4.21 FIP) and eighth in bullpen ERA at 4.27 (4.21 FIP).
MATCHUPS:
Friday, 7:10PM ET: Sandy Alcantara RHP 4.00 ERA (3.86 FIP) vs Parker Messick RHP 2.80 ERA (3.09 FIP)
Saturday, 4:10PM ET: Eury Perez RHP 3.84 ERA (4.43 FIP) vs. Tanner Bibee RHP 4.06 ERA (4.80 FIP)
Sunday, 1:10PM ET: Ryan Gusto RHP 5.55 ERA (4.39 FIP) vs. Joey Cantillo LHP 3.66 ERA (4.27 FIP)
The Marlins are 26-8 since June 1st and 31-17 at home. They’re a good baseball team and this will be a tough series.
The Marlins are led by Otto Lopez 144 wRC+, Griffin Conine 136 wRC+, Esteury Ruiz 129 wRC+, Xavier Edwards 124 wRC+, Liam Hicks 123 wRC+, Kyle Stowers 114 wRC+, and Heriberto Hernandez 110 wRC+. We may want to try to poach some of their hitting coaches, idk.
The Guardians are led by Chase DeLauter 120 wRC+, Austin Hedges 117 wRC+, Brayan Rocchio 111 wRC+ and Travis Bazzana 109 wRC+.
I want to see the Guardians finish strong to the break and, hopefully, reinforcements will arrive soon after.
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