Four Players the Indians Need to Step Up in the Second Half of the Regular Season

3. Jason Kipnis

The Indians starting second basemen has had a tough 2017 so far, staring the year hurt, and now on the 10-day DL hurt again with a hamstring strain.

Last season was a huge year for Kip, who hit .275 with 23 homers and 82 RBI, and had a number of huge hits in games to help the team to victory.

It’s been a 180 this year, as he’s struggled to get going at any point, hitting just .232 with 8 homers and 26 runs batted in.

He’s been in the leadoff spot, and it seems like when he hits the teams offense tends to have big games, but too often this season his slumping has hurt the top of the Indians lineup.

Once he returns from his hamstring issue, Kip really needs to pick it up like he did a season ago and help this offense get on track.

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