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Everyone has been talking about the surprise success of the Indians pitching, but look at take a look at the offensive numbers as well! Currently in the American League:
Runs Scored: 1st
Team Batting Ave: 1st
Home Runs: 3rd
Runs Allowed: 3rd
I'd be surprised if the Indians can sustain their pace, but considering I've always casually liked the Indians (for that matter the Browns and Cavaliers too), I hope they do keep it up.
I'd be surprised if the Indians can sustain their pace, but considering I've always casually liked the Indians (for that matter the Browns and Cavaliers too), I hope they do keep it up.
However, even with a pitching staff that is due for a fall, this team certainly looks better than we thought headed into the season, and the rest of the division looks demonstrably weaker. In fact, the two teams most generally picked as the top contenders for the AL Central — the Twins and White Sox — are 10 games behind the Indians already. The Tigers are 7 1/2 games back. Whether it’s real or not, the Indians have amassed a huge lead over the three teams that were considered to be the cream of the division’s crop.
Yes, there are 135 games to play, but Minnesota and Chicago are now going to have to put it into another gear to take the division back from the Tribe’s hands. If we project the Indians at a .500 winning percentage going forward — which seems about right to me, assuming that Sizemore and Hafner can stay reasonably healthy — the Indians would end the season with 86 or 87 wins. To finish with 88 wins, the Twins and White Sox would each have to play .586 baseball the rest of the way.
That's a good article.
I've been hearing that they should start coming back to earth, or "regressing" for a couple of weeks now. We'll see.
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