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The Boston Red Sox Should Sign a Pair of Veteran Starting Pitchers

Dec 24, 2020

Boston Red Sox, Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions

The Boston Red Sox are in no man's land, so they might as well try to get back in the postseason for the first time since their 2018 World Series championship. How can they enhance their chances of doing as suc...

Can the Cleveland Indians Trade Francisco Lindor and Still Contend?

Robbie Stratakos

Nov 10, 2020

Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Cleveland Indians look poised to face their most daunting task of the Terry Francona era: competing without Francisco Lindor. According to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, the Indians are expected to trade t...

Cleveland Indians Ace Shane Bieber Developing Into One of The Top Starters in MLB

Quinn Allen

Aug 19, 2020

Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Just four years ago the Cleveland Indians picked up Shane Bieber in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft out of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Little did the Indians know they ...

The Cleveland Indians are a Year-Round Pitching Factory

Robbie Stratakos

Aug 3, 2020

Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The year, climate, or standing in Major League Baseball is always irrelevant: the Cleveland Indians are a year-round pitching factory. Two years ago the Indians had arguably the best starting rotation in the...

The Texas Rangers’ Productive Offseason Will Fall Victim to a Stacked American League

Robbie Stratakos

Feb 14, 2020

Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers had a great offseason, but it has attracted little attention. Why? So many teams made big moves, too. Bigger than that, the American League is stacked. Rangers president Jon Daniels improve...

The Cleveland Indians are Uniquely Rebuilding and Competing

Robbie Stratakos

Feb 7, 2020

Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Cleveland Indians are a compelling case study. The baseball world keeps waiting for them to embrace a full-blown rebuild. While they've traded some high-profile players, it doesn't feel like they've done...

Dodgers and Indians Appear to be Picking Up Steam on Kluber Trade

Jeff J. Snider

Dec 10, 2018

Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinions & Predictions

Rumors about a potential trade between the Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Dodgers have been circulating for the past few weeks, with a Cleveland starting pitcher and a Los Angeles outfielder being the ce...

Dodgers and Indians as Trade Partners Makes Too Much Sense to Pass Up

Kyle O'Neill

Nov 30, 2018

Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, Offseason

It's always a gut-wrenching feeling for a team when they lose the World Series. It's even more difficult when they get back there for the second consecutive year just to come up short. However, in 2018 it was a...

Checking in on the American League Central as Spring Training nears

Griffin Fabits

Jan 3, 2018

American League Central, Major League Baseball

Happy New Year, baseball fans. We're 40 days away until pitchers and catchers report to spring training. While we're still a ways away until game action, it doesn't hurt to look ahead. Here are the thought p...

Indians defeat Cubs 6-0 in Game 1 of the World Series

Cory Fallon

Oct 26, 2016

Features, Postseason

With 174 combined years of droughts between them, the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs both had a lot at stake for Game 1 of the World Series. The Cubs haven’t held the commissioner's trophy since 1908 and ha...

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