Indians Journal

With a solid pitching performance from Aaron Laffey the Cleveland Indians extend their winning streak to six straight games. The Indians have yet to drop a series in the month of May and have lost only two games thus far. The effort that is coming out of the starting line-up must be obtained as the Indians head across staight to face interleague opponents, the Cincinatti Reds in a three game series.

Jeff Sackman at Beyond the Boxscore recently took a sabermetrically inclinced look at the Cleveland Indians heading into the 2007 season.  Of course the Indians biggest problem is the competition.  They very well could be the fourth best team in the AL Central while still being better then some of the winners in the other five divisions.

He takes a look at the Indians solid offense and starting rotation and he also has some nice things to say about the revamped Indians bullpen.  He predicts the Indians winning 92 games, which is pretty good but would have put the Indians third place in the AL Central and you know the White Sox will win more then 90 games.  One of the big four in the AL Central will have to drop off though, I just hope it’s not the Indians.