CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Indians set a high bar for themselves last year by winning the AL pennant and reaching Game 7 of the World Series.
So far this season they seemingly have gone out of their way to stay below that bar. They entered Tuesday night’s game against Oakland in second place in the Central with a 26-23 record. They trailed first-place Minnesota by one game.
In the NL Central, the Cubs, the team that beat the Indians to win their first World Series since 1908, are playing a similar brand of baseball. They were 25-25 and trailed first-place Milwaukee by 1 ½ games on Tuesday.