Planless Guardians Fall Behind, Concede Game, Division to Royals

The August Guardians are the worst team I have ever seen.

Entering last night’s game with a 1-game lead in the division, the Guardians played like a team with a 1-game lead over the White Sox.

Gavin Williams pitched 5 solid innings. Then there was a 2-hour rain delay. Down 2-1 when play resumed, Stephen Vogt noticed a deficit, and did what he does the minute he falls behind: inserted his poor players into the game. Nick Sandlin was first up, and actually pitched a scoreless inning.

Then came Scott Barlow. Barlow hasn’t thrown strikes all season, and teams started to pick up on that a few dozen games ago. He should have been DFA’d at that exact second. But he wasn’t, and Vogt thought this was a…