The Cleveland Indians have entered what should be a relatively easy stretch of baseball. In simple terms, they are set to play their AL Central foes a lot this month.
The Indians are now six games over .500 at 35-29 and currently own a 5.5-game lead over the Tigers. The Twins are six games back.
After losing three straight to the Twins to start June, the Indians are 5-1 since then. That was good enough for the Indians to show up at No. 9 overall in the most recent edition of ESPN’s MLB power rankings.