Cleveland Guardians Team report

Automated SABRhood research report for the Cleveland Guardians.
SABRhood team report

Cleveland Guardians

Cleveland Guardians ranks 27th in run generation and 8th in pitching performance, with a usable bullpen and 2 recent risers.

League intelligence# 14 48.1 index
Run generation#27
Composite score 29.3
Pitching#8
Composite score 66.9
Recent play#12
2 recent risers
Bullpen readiness#16
Current state usable
Roster construction

Where this club creates, and loses, WAR

Players are split by position and total WAR is calculated; the green border indicates a club is top-ten in positional WAR, the red border indicates a bottom-ten club.

Best value pocketsShortstop / Third baseClearest upgrade lanesFirst base / Catcher
CNeed

Catcher

0.1WAR#26 of 30
Top valueAustin Hedges0.6 WAR
1BNeed

First base

-0.5WAR#29 of 30
Top valueKyle Manzardo-0.1 WAR
2BMiddle

Second base

1.9WAR#16 of 30
Top valueTravis Bazzana1.7 WAR
3BStrength

Third base

2.1WAR#8 of 29
Top valueJosé Ramírez2.1 WAR
SSStrength

Shortstop

3.9WAR#5 of 28
Top valueBrayan Rocchio3.2 WAR
OFMiddle

Outfield

3.0WAR#20 of 30
Top valueSteven Kwan1.8 WAR
DHStrength

Designated hitter

1.0WAR#8 of 20
Top valueChase DeLauter1.9 WAR
SPStrength

Starting pitching

9.7WAR#9 of 30
Top valueParker Messick3.5 WAR
RPMiddle

Relief pitching

3.3WAR#16 of 30
Top valueCade Smith1.8 WAR
Broadcast three

Water cooler notes

Three concise, evidence-linked notes to start a broadcast conversation.

  1. 1
    team identity

    Cleveland Guardians’s analytical identity

    Cleveland Guardians ranks 27th in run generation and 8th in pitching performance, with a usable bullpen and 2 recent risers.

  2. 2
    form driver

    Hunter Gaddis is the strongest recent pitcher signal

    Recent OPS allowed 0.130 versus 0.667 previously.

  3. 3
    matchup edge

    Jo Adell is doing more damage against left-handed pitching

    Estimated wOBA: 0.392 vs L, 0.264 vs R.

Why it changed

Player movement with league context attached

The recent-window shift and the full-season league standing are separate, so a surge never floats free of the player’s actual level.

Hitter change profile

Jo Adell

Cleveland Guardians | RHB

40.4
Season PA591OPS0.692Est. wOBA0.300Samplestrong
Biggest changehard-hit rate -2.39 z

Hard-hit rate is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.4 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 67th percentile.

Season contextMLB percentile
OPS31st
0.692
Est. wOBA26th
0.300
Strikeout rate37th
23.9%
Walk rate6th
4.6%
Hard-hit rate67th
43.2%
Run value / PA43rd
0.004
What changedRecent vs earlier season
OPS-0.20 z
Recent 0.638 baseline 0.697
Est. wOBA-0.05 z
Recent 0.290 baseline 0.301
Strikeout rate+1.14 z
Recent 16.7% baseline 24.6%
Walk rate+1.06 z
Recent 9.3% baseline 4.1%
Hard-hit rate-2.39 z
Recent 21.1% baseline 45.5%
Run value / PA-0.63 z
Recent -0.050 baseline 0.009
Broadcast read: Hard-hit rate is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.4 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 67th percentile. Recent sample: 54 PA; prior sample: 537 PA.
Hitter change profile

José Ramírez

Cleveland Guardians | LHB

37.2
Season PA473OPS0.692Est. wOBA0.303Samplestrong
Biggest changehard-hit rate -2.23 z

Hard-hit rate is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.2 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 44th percentile.

Season contextMLB percentile
OPS32nd
0.692
Est. wOBA32nd
0.303
Strikeout rate94th
12.9%
Walk rate71st
10.4%
Hard-hit rate44th
38.7%
Run value / PA36th
-0.001
What changedRecent vs earlier season
OPS-0.72 z
Recent 0.538 baseline 0.711
Est. wOBA-0.81 z
Recent 0.234 baseline 0.311
Strikeout rate+0.46 z
Recent 10.0% baseline 13.2%
Walk rate-1.69 z
Recent 2.0% baseline 11.3%
Hard-hit rate-2.23 z
Recent 18.6% baseline 41.5%
Run value / PA-0.37 z
Recent -0.034 baseline 0.003
Broadcast read: Hard-hit rate is the largest recent shift: declining by 2.2 standard deviations versus the MLB change pattern. Season level: 44th percentile. Recent sample: 50 PA; prior sample: 423 PA.
Team highs

The category leaders inside this clubhouse

Familiar production now sits beside tracked force: 100+ mph contact and pitches are shown as both totals and opportunity rates.

Club contact

100+ mph batted balls

Tracked-contact season total

  1. 1Jo AdellCleveland Guardians121
  2. 2Chase DeLauterCleveland Guardians111
  3. 3José RamírezCleveland Guardians80
  4. 4Nathaniel LoweCleveland Guardians72
  5. 5Travis BazzanaCleveland Guardians60
Club contact

100+ mph contact rate

Minimum 30 tracked batted balls

  1. 1Jo AdellCleveland Guardians30.3%
  2. 2Chase DeLauterCleveland Guardians29.8%
  3. 3Nathaniel LoweCleveland Guardians28.6%
  4. 4Patrick BaileyCleveland Guardians23.2%
  5. 5José RamírezCleveland Guardians22.3%
Club velocity

Pitches at 100+ mph

Across every pitch type

  1. 1Gavin WilliamsCleveland Guardians26
  2. 2Cade SmithCleveland Guardians25
  3. 3Daniel EspinoCleveland Guardians13
  4. 4Colin HoldermanCleveland Guardians1
  5. 5Carlos HernándezCleveland Guardians0
Club velocity

100+ mph pitch rate

Minimum 100 tracked pitches

  1. 1Daniel EspinoCleveland Guardians7.7%
  2. 2Cade SmithCleveland Guardians2.2%
  3. 3Gavin WilliamsCleveland Guardians1.0%
  4. 4Colin HoldermanCleveland Guardians0.1%
  5. 5Franco AlemanCleveland Guardians0.0%
Club offense

Batting average

Best qualified contact results

  1. 1Chase DeLauterCleveland Guardians0.294
  2. 2Steven KwanCleveland Guardians0.270
  3. 3Nathaniel LoweCleveland Guardians0.252
  4. 4Austin HedgesCleveland Guardians0.251
  5. 5Brayan RocchioCleveland Guardians0.248
Club offense

Home runs

The club power board

  1. 1Jo AdellCleveland Guardians20
  2. 2Nathaniel LoweCleveland Guardians16
  3. 3Angel MartínezCleveland Guardians14
  4. 4Chase DeLauterCleveland Guardians13
  5. 5Kyle ManzardoCleveland Guardians13
Club offense

OPS

On-base and slugging production

  1. 1Chase DeLauterCleveland Guardians0.823
  2. 2Nathaniel LoweCleveland Guardians0.773
  3. 3Travis BazzanaCleveland Guardians0.722
  4. 4Angel MartínezCleveland Guardians0.713
  5. 5Steven KwanCleveland Guardians0.699
Club pitching

Strikeouts

Total batters finished by strikeout

  1. 1Gavin WilliamsCleveland Guardians228
  2. 2Parker MessickCleveland Guardians173
  3. 3Joey CantilloCleveland Guardians154
  4. 4Foster GriffinCleveland Guardians142
  5. 5Tanner BibeeCleveland Guardians133
Club pitching

Strikeout rate

Strikeouts per batter faced

  1. 1Erik SabrowskiCleveland Guardians38.1%
  2. 2Cade SmithCleveland Guardians35.7%
  3. 3Gavin WilliamsCleveland Guardians33.4%
  4. 4Franco AlemanCleveland Guardians27.3%
  5. 5Parker MessickCleveland Guardians26.1%
Club pitching

Lowest OPS allowed

Qualified opponent production

  1. 1Colin HoldermanCleveland Guardians0.534
  2. 2Erik SabrowskiCleveland Guardians0.573
  3. 3Cade SmithCleveland Guardians0.574
  4. 4Parker MessickCleveland Guardians0.609
  5. 5Hunter GaddisCleveland Guardians0.611
Ace-in-the-Hole

The staff ace’s complete arsenal

The highest-WAR qualified starter leads the card. Every tracked offering is shown with usage, pitch traits, outcomes, and same-pitch MLB percentiles.

Staff ace · LHP

Parker Messick

129.2 IP · 2.57 ERA · 3.5 WAR

2,607 tracked pitches
Pitch Use Velo Whiff Chase Zone Putaway Hard hit
Four-Seam FastballFF · 1,065 pitches 40.9% 94.343rd pct 23.8%83rd pct 29.3%61st pct 56.4%83rd pct 0.0%100th pct 33.8%85th pct
ChangeupCH · 609 pitches 23.4% 85.945th pct 34.5%73rd pct 42.9%86th pct 28.1%14th pct 0.0%100th pct 22.7%82nd pct
SinkerSI · 402 pitches 15.4% 92.727th pct 7.1%15th pct 22.8%35th pct 59.7%76th pct 0.0%100th pct 43.6%42nd pct
CurveballCU · 237 pitches 9.1% 79.234th pct 9.2%1st pct 20.0%9th pct 45.1%80th pct 0.0%100th pct 21.9%87th pct
SliderSL · 161 pitches 6.2% 87.159th pct 27.8%34th pct 27.1%18th pct 40.4%31st pct 0.0%100th pct 37.9%41st pct
CutterFC · 133 pitches 5.1% 90.564th pct 24.5%76th pct 21.4%12th pct 36.8%2nd pct 0.0%100th pct 35.7%59th pct
Percentiles compare each pitch only with the same MLB pitch type and a minimum 50-pitch peer sample. Hard-hit percentile is reversed so a higher percentile is better.
Matchup intelligence

The largest qualified handedness edges

hitter edge84.3

Jo Adell

Cleveland Guardians

Jo Adell is doing more damage against left-handed pitching

vs L0.392
vs R0.264

Estimated wOBA: 0.392 vs L, 0.264 vs R.

pitcher edge80.2

Hunter Gaddis

Cleveland Guardians

Hunter Gaddis is limiting right-handed batters more effectively

vs L0.356
vs R0.193

Estimated wOBA: 0.356 vs L, 0.193 vs R.

hitter edge75.1

Travis Bazzana

Cleveland Guardians

Travis Bazzana is doing more damage against right-handed pitching

vs L0.248
vs R0.346

Estimated wOBA: 0.248 vs L, 0.346 vs R.

Bullpen decision board

Best available matchup for either side

The board now shows only the highest-ranked active reliever against a left-handed hitter and a right-handed hitter. Workload availability, role, season performance, and handedness all remain visible.

Left-handed batter91.8

Erik Sabrowski

LHP · available · 2 days rest

Availability94.4%Matchup100.0%Performance76.2%
Right-handed batter83.2

Hunter Gaddis

RHP · available · 2 days rest

Availability92.8%Matchup70.0%Performance68.5%
Story leads

Team Headlines

Subject Reporting lead Score
Chase DeLauter Chase DeLauter is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 87.2
Parker Messick Parker Messick is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 84.3
Erik Sabrowski Erik Sabrowski is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 81.1
Cade Smith Cade Smith is limiting opponent production at an elite rate 79.8
Nathaniel Lowe Nathaniel Lowe is building one of baseball’s strongest offensive cases 78.5
Gavin Williams Gavin Williams’s Sweeper: 87.5 mph, 41.5% whiffs 78.1
Research status: this automated report is a reporting foundation, not a finished scouting report. Active rosters are date-stamped; injuries, same-day transactions, probable pitchers, and opponent context still require pregame confirmation.