Friday, Aug 28, 2026Progressive Field7:10 PM ETPreview

KC · Away · 59-75

Kansas City Royals

AL Central · 2nd · 11.5 GB

—:—

7:10 PM ET

CLE · Home · 68-66

Cleveland Guardians

AL Central · 3rd · 2.5 GB

Starting pitcher matchup

TBD —

Kansas City Royals

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

WHIP

—

K/9

—

BB/9

—

FIP

—

HR/9

—

OPS/R

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA—

Road ERA—

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

Tanner Bibee —

Cleveland Guardians

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

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94th

WHIP

—

52nd

K/9

—

154th

BB/9

—

54th

FIP

4.61

HR/9

—

161st

OPS/R

0.644

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2026 ERA splits

Home ERA3.96

Road ERA3.99

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

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Team OPS vs opposing starter's hand (2026)

Royals vs — (Tanner Bibee)

19th

in MLB

0.715OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

Cleveland vs — (TBD)

27th

in MLB

0.693OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

2026 season team comparison

Kansas City Royals

Stat

Cleveland Guardians

— (12th)

Batting Average

— (26th)

— (21st)

OPS

— (27th)

— (22nd)

Home Runs

— (29th)

— (22nd)

Runs Scored

— (27th)

Team ERA

— (7th)

— (27th)

Team WHIP

— (11th)

— (28th)

K/9 (Starters)

— (3rd)

Runs scored & allowed per inning (2026)

Royals

Runs Scored

0.53

0.39

0.36

0.58

0.44

0.54

0.51

0.49

0.38

Runs Allowed

0.63

0.50

0.51

0.47

0.64

0.47

0.53

0.51

0.71

Guardians

Runs Scored

0.56

0.28

0.42

0.41

0.67

0.32

0.53

0.56

0.30

Runs Allowed

0.35

0.44

0.34

0.53

0.47

0.57

0.42

0.57

0.40

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2026 head-to-head

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