Perhaps curses are real. The Cleveland Indians haven’t proven otherwise so far this season.
After all the talk of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx coming into the season, the Tribe has watched three of their key players fall to injuries in a span of seven games. Last year’s AL MVP candidate Michael Brantley has been sidelines with a sore back for the better part of a week and Yan Gomes sustained a right knee injury in Saturday’s loss to Detroit.
After all that, tonight’s starter Carlos Carrasco was struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of Melky Cabrera in the first inning of the series opener against the Chicago White Sox.