CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians are defying baseball logic. Despite an offense that’s approaching historic levels of futility, they remain in the American League wild card hunt with just over three weeks left in the regular season. It’s a baseball paradox that has even veteran observers scratching their heads.

“They’ve got one of the worst offenses in baseball, maybe one of the worst offenses in Cleveland history that we’ve been watching day in and day out, and they’re still in it,” noted Paul Hoynes, cleveland.com Guardians beat reporter, on a recent Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast . “And if these guys don’t realize it, shame on them.”

The numbers paint a bleak picture of Cleveland’s offensive struggles. After Thursday night’s 4-2 loss to the Rays — a game that nearly became their 16t

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