Couple of strong plate appearances from Bailey tonight.

José has a purple bat grip like Bazzana now.

My girlfriend wants to know if the whole Bazzana clan is still coming to games. Does anyone have any insight on that?

Fourth in the league in walk rate.

And seven stolen bases. There is your leadoff hitter.

Travis Bazzana has reached base 21 times in his first 50 plate appearances (eight hits, 11 walks, two hits by pitch).

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Bibee looks electric as hell.

Patrick Bailey presser highlights: - Cited Craig Albernaz when asked about his defensive prowess - He and Hedges have a relationship that begun with fantasy football - He and Williams briefly played together as amateurs (both from North Carolina) - “Confident in my ability to hit.”

Glad my guy is back out there.

Hey, Cleveland somehow managed to make Hedges a serviceable hitter for a month after him perhaps being the worst in baseball over the last decade. Whatever the case, Patrick Bailey is the best defensive catcher going, and there is merit in that (for now). Amongst it all, I think Ingle will be fine.

Welcome to the 2026 season, Steve.

Oh, actually.

DeLauter and Bazzana might legitimately be the two best non-José hitters on the roster.

Just watched Austin Hedges steal third base.

Cleveland has seven players with a wRC+ of 113 or higher. José Ramirez, Steven Kwan, and Kyle Manzardo are not any of them.

Travis Bazzana saw more pitches in his Major League debut tonight (17) than any other Cleveland hitter, and that was with a 2-0 intentional walk call.

I would argue that giving up an out when you cannot score at your best is an even worse idea than normal.

Travis Bazzana is Australian?

Not trying to get ahead of myself re: Schneemann, but Ben Zobrist was a late-blooming super-utility player with a strong minor-league track record that ended up being a legitimate Major League hitter after a few years…

Leave Schneemann at the top of the lineup and move Kwan down to seventh.

Okay, I am willing to reconsider.

I still believe in Kayfus, but getting Gaddis and George back feels like a reward.

Brito and DeLauter, with their combined 75 Major League plate appearances, control the strike zone as well as anyone on the team.

Thank you, Chase.

It was 2-1 15 minutes ago.

Rough half inning for Guardians’ judgment. Feels like Hedges has to challenge that walk-turned-strikeout call to lead off, and Rocchio just lets himself get hit by a chopper on the bases?

I think you can go get him now.

Britooo.

Listen, if Gabriel Arias has figured out the strike zone, even I would not believe how productive he can be. He still only has a thousand Major League plate appearances. Many less-possible things have happened.

I think maybe there is little separation between any of the Cleveland starters.

Of course Matt Shaw tried to take out a minority.

Perfect home opener, honestly.

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People will watch decades of baseball and never think critically once. I see folks on Instagram saying “Cade is not the answer,” “Cade has to go,” etc. after appearing in two games, and I wonder why they even bother following along. What are you getting out of this?

I think maybe there is little separation between any of the Cleveland starters.

Everyone knows Austin Hedges drives this offense.

I hope Rhys Hoskins has properly reflected on one of the more egregious baserunning decisions that there ever was.

Now is not the time for a 175-foot fly ball to left, Steve.

Welcome back, Guards victories.

Martínez stinks, folks. Sorry.

Come ON.

It is a shame that not spending will work out, but DeLauter, Hoskins, year three for a bunch of the kids, and eventually Bazzana truly is an improvement.

Insane legs-to-torso ratio for Connor Brogdon.

The home runs are costly of course, but I think Bibee looks fantastic. Super encouraged, especially after he waited until September to show up last season.

If I hit into a 3-0 double play in my first plate appearance of the season, I would never recover.

Meanwhile bike fuel prices have not changed at Costco.

Behold, the Guardians' hardest-hit ball this spring: Chase DeLauter smacking a 115.3 mph double.

Venezuela is the second-largest country outside of the States represented in Major League Baseball. League leadership with any amount of humanity would condemn these heinous attacks. If Venezuelan players refuse to report to camp next month (if they and their families survive that long), good.

Pretending like you are going to war instead of a baseball tournament and then losing at baseball is super funny