Noah Syndergaard’s Debut

Noah Syndergaard will be the 10th pitcher to start a game for Cleveland after being acquired in a midseason trade since 2000.

The others:

Of this group, only Quantrill helped the team to the playoffs, although it was the modified version in 2020 and Quantrill was moved to the bullpen for the playoffs.

The last time Cleveland acquired a starting pitcher at the deadline and made the postseason in a full season was 1997, when they trade for (from Cincinnati) and (from Montreal). Smiley suffered a career-ending injury and didn’t pitch in the postseason, while Juden was moved to the pen.

Hill

The last midseason trade acquisition to actually start a playoff game for Cleveland was in 1995. Hill was acquired at the deadline from the Cardinals for and two other minor leaguers.

Hill pitched 13.2 consecutive scoreless to open the ’95 postseason, including seven shutout innings in a critical Game 4 of the ’95 ALCS while Cleveland training 2-1 in the series. He allowed his first run in the 6th inning of Game 4 of the ’95 World Series on a home run to Ryan Klesko, and ultimately took the loss in the game. He finished the ’95 postseason with a 2-1 record and a 1.84 ERA.

2 Homers and Shutout

Jose Ramirez belted two home runs on Sunday afternoon as Cleveland shutout the White Sox behind and the bullpen.

Dating back to 2000, it was the 16th time a Cleveland hitter had a multi-homer game in a shutout, and the fifth time it has involved Ramirez.

Here’s the rest list with the hitter, followed by the starting pitcher: