Tribe Watch (Week 16)

Record: 51 - 48

Standing: Second in AL Central

The Tribe is at the worst spot they've been in all season right now. Not just in terms of the standings, where we currently sit a game an half behind Detroit, but just from a pure performance perspective. We continue to lose guys to injury and those who are playing cannot seem to get a hit to save their life. Currently we are riding a four game losing streak, all of which came against divisional opponents. It could have been worse, but we somehow managed to win both games in Monday's doubleheader. Losing against teams in your division is never good, but I especially hate it when we lose against those lowlifes from Chicago. I hate the White Sox so much and do not want to see them somehow win this division. For as bad as things have looked for the Tribe, this should be a very interesting week to watch because this is the final week of the trading deadline. It's becoming increasingly apparent that this team needs to make some kind of move. Hopefully they'll be smart about finding one or more players that can be brought in here and help this team produce without sacrificing too much in return. As far as opponents are concerned, we'll remain at home for the rest of the week, first against the Anaheim Angels and then another weekend series against a division opponent when we play the Kansas City Royals. By this time next week, we should a good sense of the state of this team and whether or not we can be hopeful that playoff baseball will be played in Cleveland this year. Pray for good news come next Sunday and as always, Go Tribe!