Guardians ace Shane Bieber was musing about Cleveland manager Terry Francona's importance to the club earlier this spring when he made a somewhat surprising acknowledgement of what baseball's youngest team had done a year ago. “We kind of maximized our input,” Bieber said, “and our output.” Indeed, that young bunch of Guardians rolled to the AL Central title by a whopping 11 games last season. They did it by relying on one of the best bullpens in baseball, crafty hitting and speed on the basepat
W | L | Pct | GB | |
---|---|---|---|---|
19 | 11 | .633 | 0.0 | |
11 | 12 | .478 | 4.5 | |
12 | 16 | .429 | 6.0 | |
11 | 15 | .423 | 6.0 | |
10 | 14 | .417 | 6.0 |