Terry Francona: ‘There’s not a lot of wiggle room’ with our offense
Published: May. 23, 2023 at 3:18 PM EDT
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Guardians manager Terry Francona admitted Tuesday that small mistakes can get magnified with his team playing so many one-run games.
Francona spoke before Tuesday’s game 2 against Chicago; Cleveland won the series opener 3-0 Monday.
The Guardians rank 28th in MLB in both batting average and runs scored. They’re also dead last in the majors in homers.
Francona also shot down the notion of a 6-man pitching rotation, saying that would leave him with just a 7-man bullpen which “would be hard” in the dog days of summer.
Cleveland is 21-26, 3.5 games back of first-place Minnesota in the A.L. Central.
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