Drew Hutchison, who has been DFA’d 3 times by Detroit this season, mowed down Guardian after Guardian en route to his first win of the season last night. As Tom Hamilton said just before 9:30, it was “the worst game Cleveland has played in a long, long time.” The playoffs are looking like an impossibility.
• Konnor Pilkington and Alex Young were optioned to AAA and Nick Sandlin was brought up.
• Larry Doby is being recognized more and more (but still not enough).
• Nolan Jones is showing he can hit lefties, too.