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The Guardians host the remnants of the Rangers, who just added Wyatt Langford to the IL, used Jacob deGrom Wednesday and Tyler Mahle yesterday. The top five players on the Rangers, and seven of their top nine, are done for the year. When you play a team has a large impact on your own season, and playing the Rangers now as opposed to, well, anytime before now is big benefit for the Guardians. They’ll go with Slade Cecconi tonight. Logan Allen and Joey Cantillo are next by rotation, but the team hasn’t announced its weekend starters yet. If the Guardians haven’t been assured a playoff berth by Sunday, we’ll probably see Gavin Williams. Given the state of the Rangers roster, the Guardians have the easiest task of the remaining AL contenders.
