TORONTO — Angel Martinez and Colin Holderman enjoyed their stay in Toronto. Martinez’s stay lasted a little longer, but Holderman won’t complain. The Guardians lost two of three games over the weekend against the Blue Jays.

The Guardians sit tied atop the AL Central, one game above the .500 mark and with a minus-8 run differential. Manager Stephen Vogt has strong feelings about that last statistic. “It’s not important at all,

Pitch by pitch, Guardians center fielder Angel Martínez willed along his plate appearance in the third inning on Friday. Facing Max Scherzer, the 24-year-old fouled off seven consecutive offerings to open the sequence,

Angel Martínez is finally starting to look like a franchise cornerstone for the Cleveland Guardians.