Half Way There

The Cleveland Indians were favored to take the American League Central this season. They were supposed to barely beat out the Tigers and the Twins. Everybody in MLB had seen that last year the Indians had arrived. That, as any baseball fan can tell, you did not come true, at least yet.

Cleveland has struggled to find themselves after a young team developed into the AL Central division champions last season, pushing the Red Sox to seven games before losing in the American League Championship Series. C.C. Sabathia won the Cy Young, Eric Wedge won the Manager of the Year award, and Grady Sizemore won a Golden Glove.

This season the offense has been puttering buy as the pitching has only been so-so. Progressive Field was full of fans with Indians tickets expecting a sprint right out of the gate. Instead, Progressive Field hosts a team that first has to battle back to .500 even before thinking about competing for the division.

The Indians Gary Sizemore is continuing the good play from last year, although his average could improve, but the rest of the lineup has been awful. C.C. Sabathia has been having an off season and has been involved in trade rumors.

Cliff Lee has been a pleasant surprise though. The starter has become the staff ace and if Sabathia is traded by the end of the year then he will lead the staff. The rest of the staff has not been that awful. Aaron Laffey and Fausto Carmona round out an Indians pitching rotation that will challenge for the best in years to come.

Indians tickets will surely still be worth the price as the young club has plenty of time to heat up and challenge an unstable division leader in the White Sox. Nobody in MLB knows what to expect out of the division. In the end the Indians, Twins, White Sox, and Tigers could possibly get the nod for the playoffs.

If the Indians do not pan out then the Browns and the Cavaliers seasons are just around the corner. Cleveland ticket brokers will not be that worried no matter what happens this summer, even if Indians fans do need to worry about getting their World Series.