Pitching Matchup
Cleveland: Shane Bieber (RHP) 0-0, 0.00 ERA
Oakland: JP Sears (LHP) 6-3, 3.86 ERA in 2022
The Cleveland Guardians have been doing extremely well to kick off 2023 as they are 4-1 after while riding a four-game winning streak after a 12-11 win to start off this series. Righty Shane Bieber will get the start here as he did not factor into the decision as he threw six shutout innings and allowed six hits with zero walks and three strikeouts.
The Oakland Athletics have been struggling as they are fourth in the AL West with a 1-3 record right now and have lost three consecutive ga mes. Young southpaw JP Sears will get the start here as he gets his first full season at the MLB level here.
The Cleveland Guardians have been hitting decently well as a team in the first few games of the season as they are 16th in the sport with a .714 team OPS while scoring 5.8 runs per game. They have been doing well as they are fifth in the majors with 20 walks and also stealing eight bases so far. First baseman Josh Naylor has been hitting well as he has a 1.127 OPS with two homers and four RBI so far.
Shane Bieber has been doing pretty well throughout his career according to his Baseball Savant page as he has a 7.8 barrel percentage, 90 MPH average exit velocity, 29.2 strikeout percentage, and a 5.3 walk percentage. Bieber throws five different pitches (cutter, fastball, slider, curveball, changeup) and his slider has been doing well as it is 2-for-8 with two doubles and a pair of strikeouts thus far off it. He faced the Athletics once last yea and did not factor into the decision as he went seven innings and gave up one run on seven hits with a walk and seven strikeouts.
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