Overview

• The three-game set opens Friday at Progressive Field with Williams versus Ryan on Friday, Tanner Bibee starting Saturday and Joey Ortiz matching up against Simeon Woods Richardson on Sunday.
• Cleveland enters at 54–54 and holds second place in the AL Central while Minnesota is 51–57 and sits fourth in the division.
• The Guardians have won 14 of their last 20 games as the Twins have dropped nine of their past 13.
• Cleveland leads this season’s head-to-head matchups 4–2 against Minnesota.
• Minnesota’s fire sale sent Carlos Correa, Jhoan Duran and Harrison Bader to new teams while Cleveland kept Steven Kwan and traded Shane Bieber for prospect Khai Stephen, and both clubs are coping with injured-list absences such as Byron Buxton and Lane Thomas.