Hosmer’s Homer Sinks Salazar and the Indians in Royals 3-1 Win: Three Takeaways From the Setback

3. Central Struggles

The Indians were very good within the AL Central last season, winning 49 games and losing 26. With Friday’s 3-1 loss the team is now just 8-8 in the division, with the only real success coming against the Minnesota Twins, who they beat in three straight in Target Field two weeks back.

They are 2-4 against the Tigers, now 0-1 against the Royals, and 3-3 against the White Sox.

Yes, it’s still considered to be ‘early’ by baseball standards, but dominating the division is one quick way this Tribe team can stack up wins to hopefully win the AL Central and also try to get homefield in 2017 for the postseason.

Usually throughout the course of the season things will equal out when you play a team as many times as the Indians will play teams in the AL Central, but it doesn’t look to this point that any team in the Central has been intimated to play the Indians.

Let’s hope that there’s a switch to be flipped, and not only against all their opponents but against teams in the AL Central these bats get hot and this team gets back on track in the dominating fashion many felt they would have in 2017.

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