In 2023, Emmanuel Clase tied for the franchise record for saves before the All-Star Game. This year he’s broken it, picking up his 26th save on Saturday against the Giants.
The pre-All-Star-Game saves leaderboard:
Scott Barlow pitched a perfect 9th with three strikeouts to pick up the save last night against the Orioles. We could call this an Immaculate Save (though I think it should be called a Kimbrel, as Craig is the all-time leader by a wide margin with 36).
It was the 30th Immaculate Save (striking out every batter in a save of at least three outs) in franchise history.
Brad Hand and Chris Perez are the franchise leaders with four apiece.
The most impressive Immaculate Save in team history belongs to Dave LaRoche. He’s the only one in franchise history to strikeout all four batters he faced in save doing so against Boston, striking out, in order: Fred Lynn, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice and Bobby Darwin.
Last night against the Blue Jays, all six pitchers used by the Guardians recorded either a win, hold or save.
It’s just the eighth time in franchise history the team used at least six pitchers and everyone recorded a decision.
| Date | Opp | Win | Hold | Hold | Hold | Hold | Hold | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/14/2024 | TOR | Logan Allen | Cade Smith | Scott Barlow | Sam Hentges | Hunter Gaddis | Emmanuel Clase | |
| 9/8/2023 | LAA | Logan Allen | Nick Sandlin | Sam Hentges | Reynaldo Lopez | Trevor Stephan | Emmanuel Clase | |
| 10/1/2017 | CHW | Josh Tomlin | Joe Smith | Tyler Olson | Zach McAllister | Andrew Miller | Bryan Shaw | Cody Allen |
| 9/9/2017 | BAL | Josh Tomlin | Joe Smith | Craig Breslow | Dan Otero | Bryan Shaw | Cody Allen | |
| 7/15/2011 | BAL | Josh Tomlin | Chad Durbin | Rafael Perez | Joe Smith | Vinnie Pestano | Chris Perez | |
| 8/1/2010 | TOR | Jeanmar Gomez | Tony Sipp | Frank Hermann | Rafael Perez | Joe Smith | Chris Perez | |
| 4/1/1998 | SEA | Jaret Wright | Eric Plunk | Al Morman | Jose Mesa | Paul Assenmacher | Mike Jackson | |
| 9/6/1997 | CHW | Bartolo Colon | Albie Lopez | Al Morman | Mike Jackson | Paul Assenmacher | Jose Mesa |
Padres deadline acquisition Scott Barlow has an incredible 21.60 ERA through his first three appearances with San Diego.
Obviously that got me wondering what’s the worst start to a Cleveland career…
Worst ERA through three games with Cleveland:
Abreu and Perez’s streaks overlapped, as Abreu made his debut in relief Perez in his third game (July 7, 2009) and they combined to give up six runs in one inning of work against the White Sox.
Emmanuel Clase, who was named to the All-Star team for the second consecutive year, matched Joe Borowski‘s team record for saves in the first half with 25.
The list: