The Guardians activated right-hander Triston McKenzie from the 60-day IL earlier today, per the MLB.com transactions log. McKenzie will take the 40-man roster spot of Tanner Bibee, who was transferred to the 60-day IL in a corresponding move, and the active roster spot of Michael Kelly, who was optioned to Triple-A Columbus.
McKenzie, 26, help to power the Guardians to a AL Central crown in 2022 with a breakout campaign. He posted a 2.96 ERA, 29% better than league average by measure of ERA+, with a 3.59 ERA and 190 strikeouts in 191 1/3 innings of work. After that impressive season, McKenzie figured to slot in alongside Shane Bieber at the front of Cleveland’s rotation entering 2023. Unfortunately, McKenzie has been limited to just ten innings of 4.50 ERA ball across two starts this season due to injuries. After missing the first two months of the season with a shoulder strain, McKenzie went back on the shelf shortly thereafter thanks to a UCL sprain and hasn’t pitched in the majors since. That’s set to change today, however, as McKenzie is poised to take the ball for today’s game against the Orioles.
Looking ahead to the offseason, McKenzie will be eligible for salary arbitration for the first time in his career this winter and in 2024 figures to join Bieber and youngsters Bibee, Gavin Williams, and Logan Allen in the club’s starting rotation as the club hopes to rebound from a difficult 2023 campaign that’s seen them post a record of just 74-82 to this point in the season. As for Bibee, the news hardly comes as a surprise as his season had already come to a close due to hip inflammation. Kelly, meanwhile, has provided solid innings for the Guardians while shuttling between Triple-A and the majors this year, with a 3.78 ERA and a 2.96 FIP in 14 appearances.
At last!
And he’s already out of the game after 1 2/3 innings.
6 walks 0 SO, yikes.
What’s the point of this?
All they need is for him to get injured again.
Wins don’t matter right now. If he’s healthy it’s good for him to get out there and find out what he needs to work on. Nothing he does over the winter compares to facing hitters in a mlb game.
“Meanwhile” has to start the sentence. It can’t come in the middle. How does Deeds get this right in some articles but screw it up in others? What a joke of a writer.
What are you talking about? Not only is that a dumb thing to care about, there’s nothing wrong with using meanwhile in the way he did.
Ask any English teacher. “Meanwhile” interrupts the flow of the sentence unnecessarily.
Based on the article, are they thinking Quantrill is out of the rotation? Finally back from injury, he seems to be solid again. Assuming Bieber’s injury hurt his trade value, are they thinking Quantrill will be the top trade target this off-season?
I would hope not. Quantril has been great last 5 starts. The walks could go down for sure. This year obviously shows rotation depth is very important. I expect to see Cantillo and Tanner Burns to get a look next season. Unless there’s something going on with Burns repeating Double A and not getting a promotion. Burns seems to be moving towards the pen anyways and maybe that suits him better.