With a win this evening, the Indians will guarantee their seventh consecutive winning season, only the fifth time in club history such a streak has occurred (1995-2001, 1947-‘56, 1934-‘40, and 1917-‘23). Given that no one predicting the Indians would run away with the AL Central also predicted Aaron Civale would make as many starts as Corey Kluber, it’s easy to look at 2019 and consider it successful.
But, looking forward to an October that will hopefully feature the Indians, is there hope for more success?
If the series in Tampa was a harbinger of things to come, the outlook is not so rosy.