Dingers, dingers, dingers!

Even at their best, we probably shouldn’t expect too many three-home-run performances from this Guardians team, but that’s exactly what they gave us last night. Josh Naylor, Josh Bell, and Gabriel Arias went deep in the 12-8 win over the Orioles. Andrés Giménez may not have homered, but he showed signs of life at the plate for the first time this year, going 4-for-5 with two RBI.

If you’re a believer in momentum, the Guardians have all of it heading into their weekend series against the Twins.

Guardians 12, Orioles 8

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Now why, prey tell, did the Guardians allow eight runs on a day when Shane Bieber was on the mound? First of all, because he just didn’t look great out there, especially with two outs. But also there’s a reason you don’t stick your worst defender at shortstop every single day of the season.

Today’s baseball: @ Twins, 7:40 p.m. ET (RHP Tanner Bibee vs. RHP Pablo Lopez)

Cleveland Guardians news

How a former Cleveland Indians player is at the center of a popular TikTok theory about the ‘Succession’ finale | WKYC
I didn’t watch Succession, but I realize I’m in the lame minority on that one. So here’s a cool story about the show and a theory centered around a former Cleveland great.

Will MLB start producing Guardians’ TV games? That’s happening with another team after Diamond Sports stops payments | Cleveland
Diamond Sports (i.e. Bally Sports) recently lost the broadcasting rights to the Padres, and the Guardians could have the rugged pulled out from under them soon, too.

Around the league

• Noah Syndergaard the Dodger has been bad.
• Several injured Yankees could return soon.
• MLB All-Star Game voting is under way.
• How MLB could force A’s ownership to sell the team.