Kansas City, Here we come!....Tribe @ Royals

• HitsRus

  

  After taking 3 out of 4 from Oakland, the Indians head to KC to take on the Royals in a weekend series.
  
  Josh Tomlin(3-6, 5.79) and Jason Vargas(6-3, 2.39) hook up in the opener Friday night.
  While the edge in this matchup would seem to be with the Royals, Josh Tomlin has a pretty solid track record of dominating KC over the past 2 seasons, including a 1.13 ERA and a complete game against them in two starts this year.
  It would be nice to get the first one in this 3 game set.
  
  Let's Go Tribe!
• GOONx19

  

  Go Tribe.
• cat_lover

  Go Tribe.
• vball10set

  Go Tribe
• BR1986FB

  Gotta make hay against these bottom feeders while they can.
• Sonofanump

  [FONT=&quot]RHP Josh Tomlin (3-6, 5.79) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (6-3, 2.39) Friday at 8:15 p.m-Very unfavorable
  RHP Carlos Carrasco (5-2, 2.59) vs. RHP Jason Hammel (1-7, 6.18) Saturday at 2:15 p.m.-Very favorable
  RHP Trevor Bauer (5-4, 6.00) vs. LHP Eric Skoglund (1-0, 0.00) Sunday at 2:15 p.m.-Bauer being which Bauer v LHP with 6 MLB innings[/FONT]
• iclfan2

  

  Don't like facing a lefty on Sunday. Gotta get the first 2. Go Tribe!
• BRF

  

  Go Tribe.
• HitsRus

  

  Tomlin dealing again, shutting out the Royals and holding them to 2 hits after 5... only problem is that the Tribe is runless also despite having a hit in every inning.
• Sonofanump

  Tomlin went from dealing, to weak singles, to hard hit balls real quick last night. Looked like an all-star for the first 6 innings, that run in the 6th was soft.
• HitsRus

  

  Tomlin pitched good enough to win, but you can't win if you don't score... 4 DPs killed rallies and allowed Vargas to stay in the game.
• Laley23

  

  I hope we never see a soft tossing lefty the rest of the year.
• BRF

  

  Tomlin very nearly got the old 8 inning CG.
• vball10set

  HitsRus;1856397 wrote:Tomlin pitched good enough to win, but you can't win if you don't score... 4 DPs killed rallies and allowed Vargas to stay in the game.

  Seems like it's feast or famine with this team...score more than 6 or less than 2.
• BRF

  

  Damn, wheels falling off now.
  
  Go Tribe.
• Gardens35

  gosh a ruddies
• iclfan2

  

  Ugh
  
  
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• BRF

  

  In the words of my German friend:
  
  Nicht gut.
  
  Gehen sie Tribe.
• Gardens35

  Season is 1/3 complete.
• HitsRus

  

  
• vball10set

  BRF;1856405 wrote:Damn, wheels falling off now.
  .

  Yup
• Benny The Jet

  

  I keep seeing people online saying "No need to worry, this is the same exact record they had last year!!!!!" No, this is not the same team as last year. Pitching is bad, and hitting is bad. I don't see a 14-game winning streak in this team's future either. The only saving grace is that the AL Central is the 2nd worst division in baseball and they're only a game back.
• Sonofanump

  Benny The Jet;1856435 wrote:I keep seeing people online saying "No need to worry, this is the same exact record they had last year!!!!!" No, this is not the same team as last year. Pitching is bad, and hitting is bad. I don't see a 14-game winning streak in this team's future either. The only saving grace is that the AL Central is the 2nd worst division in baseball and they're only a game back.

  AL Central is not good, 538 still predicts 88 wins with Detriot coming in second with 81 wins:
  

  		Games back	Chance to make playoffs	Chance to win division
  	Indians28-26	1.0	68%	59%
  	Tigers27-28	2.5	31%	20%
  	Twins28-24	—	21%	13%
  	White Sox24-30	5.0	7%	4%
  	Royals24-30	5.0	6%	4%

• iclfan2

  

  Consider me worried
  
  
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• GOONx19

  

  Not worried. At this point in the year, an average record is all that matters. There are 4 full months left to work out pitching and hitting kinks. In that regard, even if both those areas were rolling full steam I wouldn't be confident, because 4 months is plenty of time to develop new bad habits. The first half of the year means nothing.