Guardians vs. Orioles: Game Preview and Key Players

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00:00Orioles and the Guardians.

00:02Tanner Bybee on the bump for Cleveland.

00:03They're an ever so slight favorite in Baltimore.

00:06Total stands at eight and a half.

00:08What can we expect today between the O's and the Guardians?

00:12By the way, Cigano, you're coming in with high expectations this year, right?

00:1614 innings pitched so far.

00:18A 3.86 ERA, which isn't bad, but a 5.52 XFIP number.

00:22He's actually the worst XFIP pitcher on the card in this early season.

00:25And you know me, I love some Stephen Quan, Jose Ramirez, and Carlos Santana

00:28at the top of that order.

00:30Yesterday, Quan didn't get a base hit, but two base hits by Ramirez

00:32and two base hits last night by Carlos Santana.

00:34That would be my focus from the side for the Guardians today.

00:37If we go back over to Baltimore, knocking the baseball around yesterday for sure.

00:41That's the Baltimore Orioles team that we expect throughout the season.

00:44And Tanner Bybee is a decent pitcher.

00:46Last year, struggled with left-handed batters, but not right-handed batters, Ben.

00:49This year, 64 batters he's faced in total.

00:52Struggling with lefties and righties combined.

00:53Why? Low K rate, which means they're putting the baseball in play.

00:58If we're understanding the lineup coming into today, let's just say it's Henderson,

01:01Rutschman, O'Hearn, Westbrook, Mullins, and O'Neal.

01:03All of those guys with decent numbers, whether it be ISO power numbers or weighted on base

01:07percentage.

01:08Outside of Gunnar Henderson, who does have a K rate of 38% against right-handed pitching

01:13this year, 329 at-bats.

01:14Low strikeout rates throughout that lineup.

01:16I do think we get some runs today for the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Guardians.