Imari is back this season to discuss Cleveland’s home opener and the series with the White Sox. Despite the Guardians making a deep run in the playoffs last season, the experts favor the Tigers and Royals. But the American League Central can be anyone’s to win.

On this episode, we talked about:

• What’s new in Cleveland
• Grading the offseason
• The AL Central race
• Triston McKenzie’s new role with the Guardians
• Pitching matchups and struggles
• Keys to winning the series
• Threats and fears
• Ex-White Sox Gavin Sheets is a certified Guardians killer
• No surprise: the teams that spent money are winning
• Terry Francona’s in-state move and the Cincinnati Reds’ rough start
• We don’t want the Detroit Tigers to win it, but it’ll be interesting to watch them

You can find Imari on Bluesky and Twitter, and listen to his podcast Bleav In Guardians.

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