Five takeaways from Guardians series with the Yankees.

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2. Guardians may have something in Peyton Battenfield

While Peyton Battenfield was unable to go deep into the game, the 4.2 innings the Guardians got out of him were quite impressive. Battenfield was able to throw 45 of his 66 pitches for strikes, allowing just one run on four hits with three strikeouts.

One of the more impressive aspects of Battenfield's MLB debut? Registering his first career strikeout against 2022 MVP and home run champ Aaron Judge.

Peyton Battenfield first-career strikeout just so happened to be against the American League's single-season home run record holder!#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/JBpIMkIP9L
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) April 12, 2023

Battenfield did appear a bit more hittable as he finished going through the order for a second time and that is something to monitor moving forward. With that being said, Cleveland really could not have asked for more from Battenfield when they are down two starting pitchers at the moment.