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

1. Yan Gomes

This can be basically the Indians catcher spot in general, as Roberto Perez isn’t carrying his weight with the team in the first half either.

But let’s start with Gomes, who is hitting just .222 with five homers and 22 RBI at the break. His defense has been fine, but the fact he’s struck out 55 times in 189 AB thus far is alarming to say the least.

The thing that’s so frustrating is Gomes always seems to come up in key spots or with players in scoring position, and the fact he’s got so many strikeouts is hurting the team in a big way.

The rotation still loves to have him as their backstop, but just having him get some key hits would add so much to his value to this team.

He was hitting just .176 after April, but at one point in May lifted his average to .267 after going 2-for-3 against Houston on May 21st.

Since then though he’s been in a major slump, hitting 2 homers, losing 45 points off his average, and striking out 37 times.

Perez is hitting just .178, and these two combined is why the team likely will keep their eyes open if any catchers are available on the trade market.

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