Reality Finally Setting in for the Cleveland Indians

The MLB surprise team for the majority of the spring was the Cleveland Indians. While using virtually smoke and mirrors, the Indians were the best team (record wise) in the AL up until June. Fausto Carmona and little known Josh Tomlin anchored their pitching staff, while Travis Haffner's resurgence sparked the offense. Stars like Shin Soo-Choo, who struggled throughout the year, and Grady Sizemore, more injury issues, gave them barely anything. With their struggling stars, the great play of the Tribe was even more of a shocker.

On our Bicoastal Sports Show podcast, Kevin and I talked about how eventually they will have to come back to Earth and how they haven't yet. Well, up until the last 3 weeks. Since they swept the Cincinnati Reds May 20-22, they are 5-14 and are on the verge of getting swept by the Yankees. They went from being in first by 7 games to now being tied for the lead in the AL Central with the Detroit Tigers.

A lot of publications picked Cleveland to be one of the worst teams in baseball. Kevin and I agreed as well, and Kevin had them losing over 100 games. Finishing at .500 won't get them into the playoffs but it will be considered a good season for the Indians and may give them something to build off of in the future. With their hot start, this looks very capable.