{"id":703262,"date":"2026-05-19T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/703262\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:26","slug":"guardians-news-and-notes-a-good-start-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/703262\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians News and Notes: A Good Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Guardians kicked off the season series against the Tigers with a bang last night, winning 8-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I provided a recap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coveringthecorner.com\/cleveland-guardians-scores-standings\/68718\/another-good-night-for-cleveland-in-detroit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>. I neglected to mention <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/9336\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Austin Hedges;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Austin Hedges&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Hedges<\/a> picking off yet another runner at first base. When confronted with a pitching staff that struggles to contain the run game, Hedges has apparently decided \u201cI will do this myself.\u201d <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12118\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Slade Cecconi;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Slade Cecconi&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slade Cecconi<\/a> extolled his battery-mate\u2019s abilities in this department postgame:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">AROUND MLB:<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Royals and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/chi-white-sox\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:White Sox;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;White Sox&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">White Sox<\/a> lost, but the Twins won. The Twins optioned <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/10916\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Royce Lewis;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Royce Lewis&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Royce Lewis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/9991\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Gio Urshela;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Gio Urshela&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gio Urshela<\/a> retired. Seems like a great dude but I have zero positive memories of him as a baseball player. I hope he has a great rest of his life, though. Nice, little career\u2026 but not here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Guardians kicked off the season series against the Tigers with a bang last night, winning 8-2. 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