It’s been a long 70 years since Lou Boudreau’s MVP performance helped the Cleveland Indians overcome the Boston Braves in the World Series. Since then, four World Series have been lost. But, with the team’s first consecutive postseason appearances since the turn of the millennium, there’s an aura of hope growing among Indians fans.
The only problem for Cleveland is that there are many other highly-rated contenders for the crown this season, and slipping up in last season’s ALDS to the New York Yankees haven’t helped their claims. However, the Indians managed to come out of the free agency looking pretty good, patching their major loss quite well.