You do have to wonder what happened in NY.
I keep reading articles where people wonder what should be done with Fausto 4.0. I'm not quite sure what the issue is. I mean, people are actually suggesting he's an option for long relief. Are their memories really that short? Fausto is a starter and he should be nothing other than a starter forever and ever amen.
Sowers is struggling the most of the rotation, but there's still no reason to send him down. Just send Carmona back down to Buffalo so he can keep up regular work. I'm sure there will be an extra start or a double header in the future when we can move someon to the DL and call him back up. At mid-season we can see where we're at and look at the rotation again.
I've also read a lot of articles pointing out that the Indians aren't actually playing as well as perhaps their record indicates. If you look at the batting averages in our line-up and the number of strikeouts we have, it's hard to argue that point.
But look at the opposing pitch counts. How many times in the second inning to we hear "and he's up to 40+ already." It really is amazing how many pitches our roster makes guys throw at them.
And we leave April, 14-8, tied for the third best record in baseball, the second best record in the AL and a game and in first place in the Central. Not too bad.
Off day tomorrow, so I'm putting up a special RCR Extra -- should be the most talked about RCR ever (which, granted, isn't saying much at this point).
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"I've also read a lot of articles pointing out that the Indians aren't actually playing as well as perhaps their record indicates."
Yeah, I have to agree with that. Somehow, they're finding ways to win. That's pretty much the opposite of last year, when it seemed like they were playing a lot BETTER than their record would indicate, and they kept finding ways to LOSE. But the record is what really matters, so I'll take it.
It also seems like last year, they would win a game with like 15 runs, and then the next two games, they'd only score 3 runs total. This year, I think they're evening out all those runs, getting an average amount each game.
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