Record: 6-6, 3rd in the AL Central
I had fully intended to start this last Sunday, but that game ended so horribly for the Indians, that I couldn't stomach doing a post then. Things are certainly much brighter this week as we are on a 4-game winning streak and just capped off a sweep against the Chicago White Sox (Yesterday was particularly nice seeing both the Indians and the Cavs take out Chicago teams).
Right now, the team is looking better than I expected. The starting rotation, in particular, has performed above expectations to begin. I'm pleased with how things have gone, but I'm far from convinced that this is actually a good team. After all, if you break down things further, you can see that we are 5-1 against the White Sox and 1-5 against the other two teams we've faced. It's hard to say whether we're good or if the White Sox are just that much more worse than us.
There's an off day tomorrow and then we begin a big road trip that features our first visit to the new Target Field in Minnesota and then a stint out west where we'll face Oakland, who's off to a very good start this year, and the Angels, who are always tough to play at home.
With no seemingly dominant team in our division, a hot start is what this team will need if it has any chance of contending this year. Let's hope this will be a productive road trip and we can finish the month off strong. Until next week, let's go Tribe!
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