On Memorial Day, Jason Kipnis was penciled in as the cleanup hitter. In the third inning, he came to the plate with with guys on first and second and no outs, and proceeded to lay down a sacrifice bunt. It moved the runners, ultimately leading to a run scoring on a grounder, but that was all the Indians could scrape across that inning en route to a 12-5 bludgeoning.
It’s the latest example of the Tribe’s offense being moribund on its best day. Worse, it the latest case of Kipnis being a black hole of the offense, and a glaring reminder the Indians front office simply willing to waste an entire year of several all time franchise greats, seemingly for money’s sake.