CLEVELAND, Ohio – The postseason is now for Abraham Almonte and he's playing like it.
Almonte entered Saturday night's game against Toronto hitting .284 (25-for-88) with 11 doubles, one homer and nine RBI in 31 games. If the Indians make the postseason, Almonte will be ineligible because of his 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance enhancing drug.
"There's nothing I can do about that," said Almonte, concerning his ineligibility. "The only thing I can do is do the best I can to help my team get to the playoffs.
"I've never been to the postseason.