Average three wins a month over .500 baseball ...

[Auggie]

multiply by six months, and a team is 18 wins over .500.

That's a 99-63 record.

Two wins a month is a record of 93-69.

Seems simple enough, right?

Nope.

[True Dough]

1. Did some MLB team

hire you as their advanced metrics guy, Auggie?

[Auggie]

2. Just bored

I was wondering (always dangerous) during the Guardians' decent start what they had to do to maintain winning momentum. They were 15-12 at the time, three games over .500.

Seems simple enough -- three games a month.

Not feeling good about them today. They've blown about four games they should have won. Shoddy defense, shaky relief, anemic hitting (especially with RISP), stupid decisions ...

[True Dough]

3. It's a looooooooong season, Auggie.

And who better to turn their fortunes around than Parker Messick?

Naturally, I would have said Gavin Williams, but he got blown up by the Blue Jays last time out. He'll be fine though!

[Auggie]

4. Yeah, but ...

one would think it would be easier to scrap out three extra wins per month than play for a 20-8 record in September.

Guardians did that last year. Took a miracle, plus an implosion by Detroit. Doubt Cleveland can be that lucky again.

[True Dough]

5. Dang!

Hunter Gaddis blew it!

[True Dough]

6. But, did you see

that the Guardians are calling up Travis Bazzana?

[Auggie]

7. Not until you told me! Yay!

His 2B defense reportedly needs fine-tuning -- hopefully his bat does not.

Most of the line-up are suckers for the change-up and breaking stuff. Last year too. They've been preparing Bazzana for those pitches.

Next up from AAA? Maybe Cooper Ingle, catcher. He's batting better than Bazzana. Currently on the 10-day IL. Take a look at this guy if you need someone behind the plate. I think the've seen enough of Bo Naylor.

Good luck in your fantasy league.

[True Dough]

8. Matt McLain is my everyday 2B

He's gotten off to a slow start. If Bazzana can charge out of the gates in the bigs, McLain is going to be on my bench for a while.