★ CLE (86-64 .573 || +4 / +6.5 KC / MIN || +22 over .500 || AND THE ● BEST ♥︎ RECORD IN THE AL ● -16- GAMES LEFT ★ REV. 9/11/2024 ★

mjp28

@mjp28 said:

~ AND ~ yes for the first time EVER Cleveland has the #1 pick in the 2024 DRAFT now how about that. How could you miss with #1, 2 or 3 in this class.

By Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com. (★ hitting, hitting, hitting...)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The college baseball schedule is nearing the end of the regular season. Conference play and the NCAA tournament is getting closer.

So is MLB’s first-year player draft, which means the Guardians are that much closer to selecting the No. 1 pick for the first time in ★ franchise history. ▪︎--> The draft will take place on July 14 in Fort Worth, Texas as part of the All-Star Game festivities at Globe Life Field. ( RH, LH, LH ? )

★ College players, particularly hitters, are the strength of this draft. Here’s a look at some of the top players who will be available to the Guardians with the No. 1 pick.

1. OF Charlie Condon, Georgia

★ The skinny: Condon is hitting .450 (90 for 200) with 18 doubles, 34 homers and 72 RBI in 52 games. He has some swing-and-miss in his game, but for the Bulldogs he’s walked 50 times and struck out 38. On Friday he extended his hitting streak to 23 straight games against Florida.

Condon, a red-shirt sophomore, is a 6-6, right-handed hitter who weighs 216 pounds. He has played a variety of different positions, the corner outfield spots and third base.

2. 2B Travis Bazzana, Oregon State

★ The skinny: He’s hitting .425 (79 for 186) with 15 doubles, four triples, 26 homers and 61 RBI in 52 games. Bazzana is a left-handed hitting second baseman, who was born in Sydney, Australia.

Bazzana, who played cricket in high school, went 4 for 9 Thursday and Friday against Arizona with four doubles. He’s stolen 14 bases in 19 attempts this season.

3. 1B/LHP Jac Caglianone, Florida

★ The skinny: The 6-foot-5 Caglianone is a left-handed hitter and pitcher for the Gators. In 53 games, he’s hitting .419 (85 for 203) with four doubles, 28 homers and 56 RBI. He’s struck out 20 times, while walking 40 times.

Gaglianone is 5-1 with a 4.07 ERA in 12 starts on the mound. He’s struck out 66, walked 40 and the opposition is hitting .214 against him. In his last start on May 12, he allowed three runs, one earned, in 6 1/3 innings in a 16-3 loss to Tennessee.

On Thursday and Friday he went 3 for 7 against Georgia. In the pros, it’s believed Gaglianone will concentrate on hitting.

~ AND ~ Picks #4, 5 or 6 are not bad. -but - the winners in this class appear at #1, 2 or 3.

4. RHP Chase Burns, Wake Forest (10-1) 2.63 ERA.

The skinny: Burns, in 14 starts, is 10-1 with a 2.63 ERA (26 earned runs in 89 innings). He has 169 strikeouts, while walking 26 and allowing 51 hits. The opposition is hitting .164 against him.

On Friday, he struck out 13 in seven innings in a 2-1 loss to North Carolina. He allowed five hits and one earned run in the no-decision. Burns, 6-5, 195 pounds, transferred from Tennessee to Wake Forest at the end of the 2023 season.

5. OF Braden Montgomery, Texas A&M. (S/H)

The skinny: In 54 games the switch-hitting Montgomery is batting .329 (68 for 207) with 14 doubles, 25 homers and 79 RBI. He’s struck out 54 times and drawn 51 walks.

Montgomery, as a freshman at Stanford, pitched as well, but he’s only made one appearance this year. On Thursday and Friday, he went 2 for 9 against Arkansas with a homer.

6. LHP Hagen Smith, (9-0) 1.52 ERA, Arkansas

The skinny: Smith, 6-3, 215 pounds, is 9-0 with a 1.52 ERA (13 earned runs in 77 innings) in 14 starts. He has 150 strikeouts, 29 walks and the opposition is hitting .135.against him.

mjp28

@mjp28 said:

GAME 47 - Game 3 of 3 MAY 19 MIN in CLE at 1:40 pm Pitchers - Paddack vs Bibee. ● GOING FOR THE SWEEP !

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CLE 2 MIN 1 - Game 3 of 3, to bottom 4, A fabulous CLE DP ! CLE 50 HRs in Game 47 ..... ly 50 HRs in game 70 +/- ? Whoa. 25,136,

CLE 2 MIN 1, top 9, Clase in .... 1 out, 2 outs, 1 HBP, 2 on, challenge, SAFE, 1s, 2s, D'OH drops ball .... 2-2. ..... SO FREAKIN' CLOSE !

2-2 bottom 9, 0 out. A★ttn 25,136 TRIBE FANS here. ... 1 out, 1 walk Jose up, 2 outs,.... ★ Will Brennan 3R HR ! ★ CLEVELAND WINS ! ! SWEEP.

~ OKAY ~ SWEEP. NEXT ! ! Bring in the NY METS vs CLE ! ! Alright, who's pitching .... does it matter ??? lol.¹

~ AND ~ As the Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Lange would say .... " Shame on you for SIX WEEKS if you missed this one ! " ....

~ SO ~ I really don't know what to say or believe -- - these guys just do NOT quit or give up on each other. Fun times in CLE !

~ THIS ~ Is supposed to be beisbol, you know, throw ball, hit ball, miss ball, go sit down again. Not the KARDIAC KIDS !

~ BUT ~ THIS IS SO MUCH FREAKIN' FUN ! ! Have a good Sunday evening ..... Cleveland -and- whevere else.

Dutch Oven

How Sweep It Is!

That was one of the weirdest ninth innings you'll see.

mjp28

~ And ~ the last -3- games of this homestead. ■ To Game 1 of 3 ...... #3 NYM (21-25) .438 -at - #1 CLE (30-17) .638. ■

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GAME 48 - Game 1 of 3 MAY 20 NYM in CLE at 6:10 pm Pitchers - Megill vs Lively

GAME 49 - Game 2 of 3 MAY 21 NYM in CLE at 6:10 pm Pitchers - A. Houser (0-3) vs * Curry ..... ■ 15 DAY IR LIST ! ■ Carrasco (2-4) ....

GAME 50 - Game 3 of 3 MAY 22 NYM in CLE at 1:10 pm Pitchers - Scott vs McKenzie

- OFF DAY - THUR MAY 23. ▪︎ Then on the road -6- games vs LAA & COL - OFF DAY - TH 5/30

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mjp28

~ AND ~ Bring on the Mets !

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GAME 48 - Game 1 of 3 MAY 20 NYM in CLE at 6:10 pm Pitchers - Megill vs Lively

Game 1 of 3 - top 1, Frankie Lindor strikes out leading off. And the Mets go 1-2-3. To the bottom 1st.

CLE 2 NYM 0 bottom 1, Jose scores first. And Josh for CLE scores again ! NICE ! Top 2nd. Great DP by CLE. To bottom 2nd.

CLE 2 NYM 0 - top 3, Lively gets 3rd K already. And CLE 2 NYM 1 on a SOLO HR. Lindor up / out. To bottom 3rd. Now top 4th.

CLE 3 NYM 1 - bottom 4, Now 2 outs. To the top 5. Lively now 6 Ks. Attn: 20,000 +/-

CLE 3 NYM 1 - top 9th, Clase in. 1 out, 2 out, 3 outs .... BALLGAME ! ! ● WP - Lively (3-2) ● SV - Clase (14) x LP - Magill (0-2)

~ AND ~ Check out the numbers BELOW are these guys good or what ! See you TUESDAY MAY 21 at 6:10 pm. Good evening everybody.

Dutch Oven

Another series win for the Guardians, go for the sweep vs the Mets tomorrow afternoon.

32-17 ain't too shabby!

mjp28

~ Game 3 of 3 WEDNESDAY. MAY 22 before an - OFF DAY - THURSDAY 5/23 before off to LAA -and- COL for -6- games.

CLE 6 NYM 3. final score -and- what a 6-0 homestand ! Just check out the numbers BELOW for the game.

mjp28

@dutch-oven said:

Another series win for the Guardians, go for the sweep vs the Mets tomorrow afternoon.

32-17 ain't too shabby!

And. (33-17) .660. isn't bad either ..... Manager Steve Vogt probably can't believe his great luck either. (33-17) .660. also ties them with NYY.

DieHardBrownsFan1

@mjp28 said:

And. (33-17) .660. isn't bad either ..... Manager Steve Vogt probably can't believe his great luck either. (33-17) .660. also ties them with NYY.

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mjp28

~ AND ~ Now to get ready for another road trip "on the road again" out West for -6- straight games.

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~ SO ~ an even closer look ahead at the -6- game road trip out West versus LAA -and- COL. The next - OFF DAY - THURSDAY MAY 30.

GAME 51 - Game 1 of 3 MAY 24 #1. CLE (33-17) .660 in # 5. LAA (20-30) .4 at 9:38 pm Pitchers - Allen vs Sandoval

GAME 52 - Game 2 of 3 MAY 25 #1. CLE in # 5. LAA at 9:38 pm Pitchers - Bibee vs Soriano

GAME 53 - Game 3 of 3 MAY 26 CLE in LAA at 4:07 pm Pitchers - Lively vs Detmers

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GAME 54 - Game 1 of 3 MAY 27 CLE in COL at 4:10 pm Pitchers - Curry vs Gomber

GAME 55 - Game 2 of 3 MAY 28 CLE in COL at 8:40 pm Pitchers - McKenzie vs Felton

GAME 56 - Game 3 of 3 MAY 29 CLE in COL at 8:40 pm Pitchers - Allen vs Blach

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mjp28

~ AND ~ getting ready again for that LATE NIGHT in LA for for that WEST COAST style beisbol.

GAME 51 - Game 1 of 3 MAY 24 #1. CLE (33-17) .660 in # 5. LAA (20-30) .4 at 9:38 pm Pitchers - Allen (5-2, 4.91 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 43 strikeouts); vs LAA:: Patrick Sandoval (2-6, 4.59 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 53 strikeouts)

AND THE : BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians will try to keep a six-game win streak intact when they take on the Los Angeles Angels.

X Los Angeles is 20 - 30 overall and only a poor 6 - 16 in home games. The Angels have the ninth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .307.

★ Cleveland is 15-11 in road games and 33 - 17 overall. Guardians hitters have a collective .397th in SLGPct to rank eighth in the AL.

AGAINST THE : TOP PERFORMERS: Taylor Ward leads Los Angeles with 10 home runs while slugging .474. Zachary Neto is 9-for-32 with three home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.

▪︎--> Josh Naylor leads Cleveland with 12 home runs while slugging .506. Andres Gimenez is 14-for-39 with three home runs and 11 RBI over the past 10 games.

▪︎-> L -10 : LAA: 5-5 .253 batting average, 3.77 ERA, outscored opponents by only seven runs.

★ ▪︎--> L -10: CLE : 9-1 .235 batting average, 2.33 ERA, outscored opponents by 30 RUNS ! (Defence + Pitching !)

mjp28

~ AND ~ getting ready again for that LATE NIGHT in LA for for that WEST COAST style beisbol.

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~ SO ~ an even closer look ahead at the -6- game road trip out West versus LAA -and- COL. The next - OFF DAY - THURSDAY MAY 30.

--> GAME 51 - Game 1 of 3 MAY 24 CLE (33-17) in LAA (20-30) at 9:38 pm Pitchers - Allen (5-2) vs Sandoval (2-6).

●~~~~~~~~~~> PLAY BALL ! <~~~~~~~~~~●

Dutch Oven

Great start to the road trip, seventh win in a row!

mjp28

@dutch-oven said:

Great start to the road trip, seventh win in a row!

~ Jose, Jose, Jose. 2 HRs ! ~

I should say so. CLE 10 LAA 4 final.

mjp28

~ EVEN ~ though KC has won +8 in a row .... Cleveland is in charge here. The NEXT two games are ...

GAME 51 - Game 1 of 3 MAY 24. W .

GAME 52 - Game 2 of 3 MAY 25 #1. CLE in # 5. LAA at 9:38 pm Pitchers - Bibee vs Soriano W .

GAME 53 - Game 3 of 3 MAY 26 CLE in LAA at 4:07 pm Pitchers - Lively vs Detmers

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CLE 4 LAA 0, to bottom 3. Jose, Jose Jose 2R HR.

Dutch Oven

And Jose with another dinger, 4-0 good guys, 3rd inning.

mjp28

@dutch-oven said:

And Jose with another dinger, 4-0 good guys, 3rd inning.

Jose es en fuengo. (Slang.) So are the LAAs. A 1 run game now.

Dutch Oven

BALLGAME!

Eight win in a row, Guardians now at 35-17, the second best record they've ever had at this point of the season.

mjp28

@dutch-oven said:

BALLGAME!

Eight win in a row, Guardians now at 35-17, * the second best record they've ever had at this point of the season.

Nothing like spoiling. the other guys fireworks night. And is Jose clutch or what ! Going for another SWEEP at 4:07 pm on SUNDAY MAY 26.

Are these * young guns fantastic or what ! Check the numbers below. (expand for a better view)

Dutch Oven

I'm not a subscriber to the Plain Dealer on-line (but it's getting to the point where I should just take the dive and do it) but Shane Bieber, who hits free agency after the season is over, is very open to coming back to the Guardians next season if they are interested.

Probably would be a one-year "prove it" deal, but if he checks out physically, I'd be up for it.