It is only a small sample size, but the Cleveland Indians have played terrible baseball since Monday’s game against the Oakland A’s.
The only player to do well in this span is Carlos Carrasco, who threw eight shutout innings Monday night. Yet even though the team won the game 1-0, the single run was a cause for concern.
Then came Danny Salazar‘s second bad start in a row, followed by Trevor Bauer giving up five runs in the second inning in Wednesday’s 5-1 loss to the A’s.
The offense has done nothing to help the starting pitchers, but falling behind three or four runs early puts the team at a major disadvantage.