News and Notes for Sunday, July 6th, 2025
The Guardians will either lose 10 in a row today or they will find a way to beat the best pitcher in baseball in Tarik Skubal.
The team wRC+ is down to 86. This is the worst first half offense in the Jacob’s/Progressive Field era, and would be the worst offense overall since 1994, as @FranmilsEyebrow pointed out on Twitter:
If the season ended today, this Guardians lineup would go down as the worst offense in the history of Progressive Field.
Seriously, their wRC+ of 86 is worse than every single season’s team wRC+ since 1994.
— La Mole (@FranmilsEyebrow) July 6, 2025
And yes, it would also go down as the worst 1st-half offense in the same timespan (1994-present)
— La Mole (@FranmilsEyebrow) July 6, 2025
But, the pitching has been great. Props to Logan Allen and co. Props to Paul Sewald on helping his minimal trade value.
Zack Meisel presented the losing streak in context:
Guardians:
*9 straight Ls (5 shutouts, 13 total runs)
*allowed a total of 4 runs the last 3 games; lost all 3
*have scored in 6 of 82 innings during this skid
*have scored in multiple innings in only 12 of 27 games the last month
*face tarik skubal & hunter brown next two days— Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) July 6, 2025
If you’d like to get angry, here is Stephen Vogt’s Post-game press conference:
Stephen Vogt isn’t looking for change?
We’re not playing horribly?
COME ON!!!! HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.#GuardsBall pic.twitter.com/w50ith3vxW
— Brady Hamilton (@BradyH_216) July 6, 2025
Tyler Freeman has a 136 wRC+ and Josh Naylor has a 127 wRC+. Both trades made sense, but both players would be huge in this lineup. Sigh.
Yesterday was the 78th anniversary of Larry Doby breaking the color barrier in the AL. Terry Pluto of Cleveland.com had a story on it.