Bibee came out to warm up for the sixth inning, but wound up signaling for a trainer and immediately departed the contest. The 26-year-old righty was charged with three runs — two earned — over five innings before departing. He struck out three and issued two walks. The hope for the Guardians and fantasy manager is that his early exit was merely for precautionary reasons. There should be an update on his status shortly.

Bibee was sharp in this one, putting together his best start of the season. He cruised through four quiet innings, giving up just one hit until the fifth, when Ty France took him deep for a solo homer to put the Twins on the board. Bibee tossed two more scoreless innings, ending his day after seven with five strikeouts and no walks. The 26-year-old right-hander will look to build off the strong start when he takes a 4.36 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, and a 25/14 K/BB ratio across 33 innings into a start against the Blue Jays in Toronto on Sunday.

It’s a more effective outing for Bibee, but he recorded just four missed swings tonight. On the other hand, his 95.5 mph average on his fastball was his season best by a full 1.2 mph, and he got 30 foul balls in the 106-pitch outing. We’ll choose to be encouraged. He’s 2-2 with a 5.19 ERA overall as heads into a home start against the Twins next week.

Bibee allowed only six hard-hit balls, but three of those turned into homers. A couple of those homers would have stayed in play in other parks (one was a homer in 15 parks, another a homer in six), but that’s not to say Bibee was good. He again lacked command, and four walks tonight gave him a 12.6% walk rate through four starts. That’s double last year’s mark of 6.2%. At least his new cutter was effective tonight. Maybe Bibbe will wind up being a disappointment this year, but it’s hard to see him remaining bad like this. He is benchable with the Yankees next on the schedule.