CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians’ season reached a flashpoint Monday night when starting pitcher Tanner Bibee stormed into the dugout after a frustrating fourth inning, unleashing a verbal tirade that forced manager Stephen Vogt to intervene immediately. For a team mired in a brutal offensive slump, this raw display of emotion could be exactly what they needed.

“Bibee comes off the field. Cameras pick him up as he’s going into the dugout, screaming,” described Joe Noga on the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast . “The gist of it was he was telling his teammates, ‘We’ve gotta wake up. We’ve gotta get our heads out of our rear ends,’ that kind of thing.”

The moment was sparked by a series of defensive miscues and communication failures that led to a Tampa Bay run. Vogt followed Bibee in the d

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