The First Half for the Indians – Four Takeaways from the Good and Bad (Part One)

2. Running Away with the Central

The Indians (unless there’s a rather epic collapse) are going to hoist a third straight AL Central come September, as they have a 7.5 game lead over the second-place Twins.

Yes the Twins and Tribe will play quite a bit in the second half, but you just don’t have a lot of fear that they are going to have enough to overtake the Indians for the division crown.

the rest of the division is awful, with the Tigers 41-57), White Sox (33-52) and Royals (27-68) all already looking to sell players and look ahead to 2019 and beyond.

A number of people want to be critical of the Indians for beating up the Central yet struggling with the rest of baseball, but it’s not that hard to do when you’re in a division as bad as the Central is.

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