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

1. Struggles Against All But the Central

The Indians have dominated the American League Central, feasting on teams like the Tigers, White Sox, and Royals, but even struggling against the team that was supposed to push them the most in the division, the Twins.

Outside though of that, the team has had plenty of struggles elsewhere, as they simply haven’t played all that well against the other teams in the American League, and also have had problems with Interleague play, but are two games over .500 against them at 8-6.

Against the AL East the Tribe is 5-8 (3-1 against Baltimore, 1-5 against the Yankees, 1-2 against the Jays, have yet to play TB or Boston).

Against the AL West they are 10-16 (2-1 vs Texas, 2-5 vs Seattle, 2-4 vs Oakland, 1-2 against Los Angeles, 3-4 against the Astros).

When it comes to the Central, they are 8-2 against the White Sox, 10-3 against Detroit, and 7-2 vs the Royals and 3-6 taking on the Twins.

All in all, that’s 52-43, but it’s no secret if they are going to reach their goal of a World Series, they will have to step it up against the rest of the league.

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