News and Notes for Saturday, June 4, 2022
Shane Bieber has been looking better on the mound recently. Yesterday, his breaking balls were dancing as if they were so many marionettes on a string, with Bieber the cruel puppet master pulling the puppets away at the last moment.
Guardian Notes
Making sense of what Guardians are doing at quarter-pole of season – Terry Pluto – cleveland.com
The Guardians have a 23-24 record as they have just passed the quarter-pole of the 162-game season. Why do we know about them?
Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase: Secures eighth save – CBSSports.com
Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase: Secures eighth save
For Guardians’ Trevor Stephan, April and May were like day and nightmare – cleveland.com Reliever struggled in 10 May appearances with a 9.00 ERA and .921 opponent OPS.
Debating Guardians potential trade options and Baltimore’s ballpark modifications: Podcast – cleveland.com
Paul Hoynes and Joe Noga look at how changes in Philly could impact Cleveland’s trade prospects.
Cleveland has done its homework on Great Wall of Baltimore: Guardians takeaways – cleveland.com
Guardians outfield coach Kyle Hudson takes a crash course on the new left field wall at Camden Yards
Around the League
- Shane Bieber was not the only pitcher flirting with history last night
- Yankees acquire Jake Bauers from Reds
- Yordan Alvarez reportedly has signed a six-year/$115 million contract extension
- Fangraphs looking at trade deadline