Guardians right-hander Tanner Bibee did not sugarcoat things when reflecting on Cleveland’s 2025 season.
Speaking during the club’s first full-squad workout of spring training, Bibee offered an honest assessment of how last year unfolded.
“I feel like for a good majority of the year, we didn’t really play the best baseball — whether it was me or whoever else,” starter Tanner Bibee said of 2025. “But I feel like we still found a way. I feel like, at least since I’ve been up here, it’s been kind of the same thing.
They are rarely perfect. They are often streaky. At times, the offense goes cold. At times, the rotation battles inconsistency. But somehow, they are still in the race when it matters most.
The 2025 season followed that familiar script.
Cleveland did not dominate from wire to wire. There were stretches where the lineup struggled to produce consistent power. There were games where the bullpen had to grind through tight margins. And even Bibee himself had outings he would like back.
Yet the Guardians kept stacking wins.
They leaned on timely hitting. They leaned on pitching development. And they leaned on a clubhouse culture that has built an identity around resilience.
Bibee’s comments are telling because he is now one of the faces of the rotation. Since debuting, he has been asked to take on meaningful innings in high-leverage spots. When he talks about “finding a way,” he is speaking from experience.
That mindset has become part of Cleveland’s DNA.
Bibee and the Guardians know there is another level they can reach. If they can pair their “find a way” mentality with more consistent execution, the ceiling rises significantly in 2026.
Cleveland may not have played its cleanest baseball in 2025.
But as Bibee pointed out, they still found a way.
And if that remains the foundation, the rest of the league will once again have to deal with a team that refuses to go away.
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