So far this year, the AL Central has been outscored by a collective 254 runs—which probably sounds bad on its own, but now consider that no other division has been outscored by more than 35. Yikes. Here are our midseason grades for the mess here:
Cleveland Indians (43–33)
Thanks to a recent hot streak of seven wins in a row, the Indians look like themselves again. Cleveland is finally building the distance it has sought all year between itself and the rest of the division after they were slowed by a dismal start for their offense and bullpen.