News and Notes for Friday, April 11th, 2025
Unfortunately, the White Sox have left Cleveland the Royals have arrived, looking for revenge from their season opening series loss to the Guardians.
The Guardians will be coming off some high moments yesterday, including Steven Kwan’s four-hit game including a two-run homer:
Kyle Manzardo’s two-run bomb:
Gavin Williams’ seven strikeouts:
And a solid two-innings of relief work apiece from Jakob Junis and Joey Cantillo:
Ah, nothing like playing teams trying to tank.
With the Royals arriving, it’ll see if the Guardians can iron out their defensive and baserunning issues and fix whatever is going on with their pitching – from Luis Ortiz to Emmanuel Clase.
Zack Meisel of the Athletic co-wrote a piece about MLB’s proliferation of fancy titles for coaches. Meisel also had a reflective piece about the tragic death of Octavio Dotel as well as other Dominican players who died in the recent night club tragedy on the island.
AROUND MLB:
The Royals beat the Twins, who are really struggling.
The Angels hit a buttload of home runs.
Spencer Strider is nearing a return to MLB and looking good for the Braves.