Tanner Bibee posts quality start in loss

The Guardians have been averaging just three runs per game in Bibee’s starts this year, but they supported him with a season-high 10 runs while he was in the game tonight and 13 overall. After opening up 0-7 with a 4.57 ERA through the end of May. Bibee has gone 4-2 with a 2.88 ERA since the beginning of June. However, his peripherals, which suggest that he deserves that April/May ERA, have held very steady throughout. He’ll face the Rays on Saturday.

Parker Messick will get some extra rest after throwing a scoreless second inning in the All-Star Game. He’ll presumably face the Twins or Monday or Tuesday, with Slade Cecconi starting the other game.

Bibee was solid on Saturday, holding the Marlins scoreless through six innings. He returned for the seventh and gave up a double with two outs. That would do it for him at 94 pitches with three strikeouts. He scattered five hits and four walks. The inherited runner would come in to score. The 27-year-old right-hander ends the first half with a 3.90 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, and an 87/34 K/BB ratio across 113 innings.

Bibee surrendered a two-run homer to Joc Pederson in the third. The other run came in the seventh after Cooper Ingle made a routine catch in left and threw the ball into the stands, not realizing that it was only the second out of the inning and giving the Rangers a run because Ezequiel Duran was on second base. It went as Bibee’s ninth loss, tying him with Michael Lorenzen for most in the majors, even though it’s the 15th time in his 18 starts that he allowed three runs or fewer. He’ll face the White Sox next.

Wins have not been easy to come by for Bibee, who remained 2-8 despite leaving with a two-run lead today. It wound up being blown by Cade Smith in the ninth. Bibee lowered his ERA to 3.78. He’s allowed five earned runs and just 12 hits over 26 1/3 innings in his four starts this month. He’ll pitch at home against the Rangers and White Sox next week.

Bibee dealt with a bit of poor luck in this outing. The first run he gave up was unearned due to a throwing error from rookie Khalil Watson. Then, Jeremy Peña hit a solo home run that cleared the Crawford boxes in left field by about one inch. Lastly, Bibee let two hitters reach base in the sixth inning before being yanked with one out. Reliever Matt Festa instantly – literally on the first pitch he threw – gave up a three-run home run to Jose Altuve that put Bibee on the wrong side of this decision. Things are just not going right for Bibee right now who will take a 4.03 ERA into his next scheduled start against the White Sox.

Bibee allowed just two hits and a pair of walks on the evening. Both of the hits that he did allow were solo homers — to James Outman in the third and to Spencer Torkelson to lead off the eighth. The 27-year-old hurler got 15 swings and misses on 91 pitches on the night — five on his sinker — while posting a strong CSW of 34 percent. Now 2-7 on the season, he’ll carry a 3.94 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and a 71/26 K/BB ratio (84 innings) into Thursday’s showdown against the Brewers in Milwaukee.

Bibee put together his best start of the season on Saturday, holding the Rangers scoreless over eight innings. He scattered three hits and two walks, tossing an efficient 54 of 87 pitches for strikes. He struck out three. The 27-year-old right-hander knocks a half run from his ERA, coming into the day with a 4.57 mark and ending with a 4.09 with a 1.23 WHIP and a 63/24 K/BB ratio across 77 innings. He’ll look to keep it going against the Tigers in Cleveland on Friday.

Bibee struck out five and walked one. He allowed an early homer to Jarren Duran but made it through six efficiently, finishing at 90 pitches. The 27-year-old hasn’t matched the sub-3 ERA he showed as a rookie in 2023, but his peripherals are mostly consistent year-to-year. A high HR/9 rate is hurting him this season. He’ll visit the Rangers’ pitching-friendly home park in his next start.

This one wasn’t pretty. Bibee got off to a rocky start, serving up first-inning homers to James Wood and Curtis Mead. Things went further downhill from there as Jacob Young, Luis García Jr. and CJ Abrams also took him deep over the next two frames. Amazingly, both times he’s allowed more than four runs this season came against NL East opponents in the Nationals and Braves. The five home runs allowed were a career high for Bibee. The odds of him rebounding are high with a favorable home matchup against the Red Sox on tap to finish off a two-start week on Sunday.