The Cleveland Guardians and Kansas City Royals both made the playoffs last season. Cleveland will go with Tanner Bibee on the mound for the opening start. He went 12-8 last season, with a 3.47 ERA. Kansas City will counter with Cole Ragans. He went 11-9, with a 3.14 ERA last season. The Guardians went 92-69 and won the AL Central. The Guardians traded Gold Glove second baseman Andres Gimenez to the Toronto Blue Jays and traded for right-hander Luis Ortiz from Pittsburgh. Emmanuel Clase is still the closer after posting a league-high 47 saves and a nice 0.61 ERA. KC earned the second wild card by going 86-76.
The Royals added Jonathan India from the Cincinnati Reds and Carlos Estevez as the closer.
Bibee is 2-0 with a 3.67 ERA in five career starts against the Royals, including 2-0 with a 4.09 ERA in four starts last season. Ragans is 0-2 with a 5.93 ERA in three career starts against the Guardians, including 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA in two starts last season.

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