Well hello there everybody. Welcome to This Week In Yankees Baseball. As the Yankees struggle to stay above .500, the talk of MLB is about the surging Cleveland Indians.
According to Yahoo Sports and CBSSports.com, the reasons for the first- place Indians success are found in three areas. They rank third in MLB in steals, third in defensive efficiency, and sixth best in starter’s ERA.
Let’s take a look at how the Yankees compare. The Indians are averaging .78 steals per game to the Yankees .47. The Indians are attempting .