Cleveland, OH
Who Is Going To Get Starts for the Guardians in the Playoffs?
In 39.2 innings across eight starts, he’s posted a 2.72 ERA, with a 1.13 WHIP and .212 AVG against.
And Boyd has been excellent at inducing the swing and miss from his opponents since his return. He’s sporting a 27.7% K-rate to go along with a 29.7% whiff rate.
Of his three main pitches (Four-seam fastball, changeup, slider) in which he throws over 15% of the time, two of them have resulted in .150 AVGs or lower. His four-seam fastball has held opponents to a just a .150 AVG and .250 SLG, while his slider has been even more impressive as opponents have hit just .148 against it, slugged just .222 and they’re whiffing at it 44.9% of the time.
He’s efficiently induced outs for the Guardians in his starts, which becomes all the more important when each out means that much more under the bright lights of the postseason.
Ben Lively
If Boyd has been the boost Cleveland needed down the stretch, then Ben Lively has been a godsend for the Guardians in 2024.
The 32-year-old righty has gone from an MLB outcast to a reliable starting arm all in the span of a season.