Cleveland Indians - How is this team so far above .500

[andywend]

Watched the Indians for the first time this season on Sunday Night Baseball and they are a team with horrible pitching and even worse hitting.

There isn't a single player on the entire team that has any talent whatsoever.

That Duncan guy from the Indians had 4 at bats and struck out all 4 times.

This Indian team absoluely STINKS!!!

[face]

because they are o.k.

[ThaTopMoron]

clutch at home early season and better pitching early season thru first 45 games

[BigDan]

let me try and do this fast.

they are above .500 cause they have some talented starters but young so surprised teams early, they had a very favorable schedule to start the season, and played hard solid baseball against teams that didnt care as much. No disrespect to them it was a great story and they still dangerous at home and will be in spots but that early start made for a great opportunity ive been fading them since around time they were a fav at home to tex. if Tribe playing a solid team they outmatched.

I said around start of june they wouldnt play .500 baseball rest of the way. they got some nice relief pitchers tho and my cards would love to deal them a piece they could use for a setup man.

[andywend]

While any team can have a bad night, I didn't see a single hitter on the Indians team that had any talent at all.

Giant pitchers combined for 16 or 17 K's and they were all solid strikeouts where the Indian hitters weren't even close to making contact.

There isn't a team in baseball that the Indians could have beaten tonight the way they played.

[BigDaddy]

they will not finish above .500 that is for sure

[headhunter34]

they started off hot but theyve been comin down to earth. they simply dont have enough pitching to make it through the whole year

[HoulihansTX]

Judging a teams overall season performance, from one isolated game, in which they are missing their best offensive player = FAIL

[BigDeem5]

They are above .500 because they hit early in the season. Their pitching has been good-great all year, with Carmona as the exception. Tomlin has been great, Masterson, and Carassco have all been very solid. Carmona should be sent down to AAA to work on his stuff. The hitting hopefully will turn around, the Indians didn't have Choo or Hafner.