October baseball is officially trapped indoors at Tropicana Field, where the Cleveland Guardians arrive in St. Petersburg for an 8:00 PM EDT start. Cleveland brings a .239 batting average to the party, a number that suggests they’ve been practicing their swing at a local miniature golf course rather than a major league facility. Meanwhile, the Rays are sitting on a 55-26 home record, which is exactly the kind of home-field dominance that makes visiting teams realize they should have checked the weather forecast before booking their flights to Florida.
The managers are currently playing the world’s most tedious game of "hide the starter," keeping their pitching plans under wraps while Cleveland deals with a roster sheet that looks more like a hospital intake form, including Rhys Hoskins and Colin Holderman on the IL. With the Rays boasting a superior 3.70 team ERA and a lineup that actually remembers how to make contact, Cleveland has their work cut out for them—or at least, they’d better hope their bats decide to show up for work tonight. Lock in your pick and come roast the decision-making on StreakChat before the first pitch flies.