1st Impressions From Parker Messick's Guardians, MLB Debut
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Sporting News on MSNGuardians' Stephen Vogt shares message regarding Cleveland's playoff chances
The Cleveland Guardians are hovering around .500, and with about 35 games remaining in the regular season, they will likley have to get hot both offensively and on the pitching side, and will need some help from the rest of the field in the American League playoff picture if they want to sneak into the last Wild Card spot.
The Guardians have lost four of five and remain three games out of the third and final American League wild-card position.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. led off the ninth inning with a tying homer, Adrian Del Castillo had a broken-bat RBI single in the 10th and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Wednesday.
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Sporting News on MSN‘Fun one to watch’: Guardians’ exec praises top prospect before MLB debut
Now, Cleveland’s No. 12 prospect ( according to MLB Pipeline) is set to make his MLB debut today in the series finale vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Messick joins the starting rotation in place of Joey Cantillo, who was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Sunday.
The Cleveland Guardians might have little to play for in 2025, but rookie starting pitcher Parker Messick's first major league start offered a promising glimpse into their future.
The 10-game losing streak lasted from June 26 through July 7. It threatened to end the Guardians’ season with three months left on the schedule. It wasn’t just a 10-game losing streak, it was a tsunami.
The two-run shot in the eighth inning against Texas on Tuesday night merely padded the lead for Kansas City, which went on to a 5-2 victory. It was the fifth straight win for the Royals, who closed to within 2 1/2 games of an AL wild-card berth and are within nine games of the first-place Tigers in the AL Central.
The Diamondbacks tied up the series with a late night thriller of a victory, 6-5, over the Guardians. Cleveland falls to 1-4 over the last five games with the loss, while Arizona is 1-4 in that same span after the win. The rubber match is set and this is the final meeting of the season between the two.