Tanner Bibee has been getting a laughable lack of run support from Guardians' offense

At first glance, this has been a disastrous year for Tanner Bibee. While his 4.15 ERA is a bit better than his mark from last season, he’s currently sitting a lowly 0-6. Sure, the win doesn’t matter as much any more, but a pitcher’s record can still usually serve as an indication of how well a pitcher is doing. 

Emphasis on usually. Although Bibee fell to that 0-6 record thanks to the Guardians’ 7-6 loss to the Reds, he did his part by allowing just three runs across 6 2/3 innings. It was another quality start for Bibee after he struggled through his first four outings of the year. 

The biggest reason he took that loss was because he only got one run of support when he was on the mound— which is another example of how the Guardians' offense always seem to go quiet on the days when he takes the bump. 

The Guardians’ offense just can’t seem to score when Tanner Bibee’s on the mound

Friday’s start marked the eighth time in his 10 starts where he received 2 runs or less in support. He entered Friday’s start getting an average of just 1.84 runs in support. That’s not going to cut it. 

The most ironic thing about Bibee’s lack of run support is that Cleveland’s offense woke up as soon as he left the game by scoring five runs across the eighth and ninth inning. Now, part of the reason for that is because they were facing off against the Reds’ so-so bullpen that’s tallied a 4.61 ERA this season

But it still doesn’t change the fact they can’t seem to get much going in support for Bibee when he’s on the mound, which is a far cry from last season when he received 4.79 runs per start, which was 14th among MLB starters who threw at least 175 innings. 

That lack of run support doesn’t tell the whole story, however. Bibe was able to find a bit of a groove after he left his first start of the season with an arm injury, but he allowed eight runs in 4 2/3 innings against the Braves on April 12 in the worst start of his career. 

The Guardians clearly think highly of Bibee since they inked him to a five-year, $48 million contract last season, but he’s turned in a bit of an up-and-down performance in the time since. 

He looked lost for most of last season before turning things around in September, and his performance over the past month has made it seem like he’s started to figure things out after his confusing April. 

Now he just needs his offense to finally score some runs in support of him.

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