Tanner Bibee (illness) is expected to start Sunday vs the Royals.

Fantasy Impact

Bibee was initially set to start on Opening Day but was scratched due to food poisoning. It looks as though the Guardians are confident the issue is behind him and he will be ready to begin his 2025 season without missing too much time.

Tanner Bibee was scratched from his start on Thursday against the Royals with food poisoning.

Fantasy Impact

Bibee will not take the mound on Opening Day for the Guardians. Ben Lively will start in his place.

The Guardians signed RHP Tanner Bibee to a five-year contract extension through 2029.

Fantasy Impact

Bibee is set to make his first career Opening Day start on Thursday. This deal will buy him out of his arbitration-eligible seasons and one year of free agency.

Guardians manager Stephen Vogt named Tanner Bibee the Opening Day starter Wednesday for the March 27 clash with the Royals, per team updates, facing Cole Ragans.

Fantasy Impact

Bibee’s 9 scoreless spring innings with 7 strikeouts, atop a 2024 3.47 ERA and 187:44 K:BB in 173.2 frames, earn him the Guardians’ Opening Day nod Wednesday versus Ragans. The 26-year-old shines. Fantasy managers in all leagues should roster him, banking on his precision and strikeouts to anchor Cleveland’s rotation from the season’s start in 2025.

Tanner Bibee will make his Cactus League debut on Thursday against the Diamondbacks.

Fantasy Impact

Bibee will likely make at least two or three starts before Opening Day. He'll look to pick up where he left off last season with a strong 3.47 ERA.