anyone think the cleveland indians have a chance to make the playoffs this year?
104547
I think they definitely have the pitching (starting and relief) to make the playoffs, even without Millwood, but they hurt themselves offensively by trading Coco Crisp to Boston.  They got rid of the wrong outfielder...Casey Blake is batting something like .179 with runners in scoring position.  \n\nIt just seems like they were more interested in helping Boston replace Damon than helping themselves.  Maybe they'll land Austin Kearns and all will be well.
636477
Yes. Their pitching is superb, their hitting is excellent (Chris Shelton...) And their defense is good. Watch them at the end of the season as they make a run at the AL Central.
629353
If the MEts can make the playoffs either as a Wild Card or by winning hte division I think they have a good shot  of going to the Series . They match up well with any other NL team . \n\nBut the AL is just to Dominating .
294043
They should improve, but it's going to be tough in the AL Central with both the White Sox and Indians most likely battling for the top spot in the league and the Twins possibly making some noise as well.\n\nUnfortunately, that would leave the Royals and the Tigers fighting for the cellar in the division once again.
457698
I think they do have a shot.  The AL West isn't that great this year.  If we can play the Angels tough all year, we might have a shot.  \nI like the M's line-up, but how bout giving Felix some run support, eh!  \nIf we are in it at the all-star break, I think they will need to go out and get a starter (like Zito) and a long middle reliever. \nGo M's!!!!!
1040479
Of course they are, the season isn't even halfway over yet.  A better question would be if the Royals are still in playoff contention.
290049
They've had solid starting pitching for most of the last decade, but that doesn't mean much in the playoffs. They need guys who can put it together for a few games in a row during a short series. You can have the best pitching in the world during the regular season, and that by itself doesn't guarantee a championship. I think they can win their division again, but the playoffs are a total crapshoot.
460129
PLAYOFFS:\nAL WEST: Los Angelas Angels of Anahiem (Colon impacts when returns)\nAL CENT: Detroit Tiger (Thome, and Cliff Lee slow down)\nAL EAST: Boston Red Sox (Johnson demands trade, Jeter, AROD, and Damon never get going, and Giambi and Sheffield get suspended after some other duesche bag releases another steroid)\nAL WC: Texas Rangers (Could be the Yankees or Blue Jays, but I don't know how long Burnett is out?)\n\nNL WEST: New York Mets (There the Yankees of 1900-2000 huge payroll, but the players are actually performing, plus they'll trade Cliff Floyd for someone with talent)\nNL CENT: St. Louis Cardinals (Albert Winnie the Pujols...enough said, wait no they trade IZI for J.J. Putz from the Mariners, who hasn't been CY YOUNG material but is pretty good, and him being a Mariner, will be red hot after he leaves Seattle, even though it's a "hitters ballpark".Bronson Arroyo can't hit all of the Reds homeruns! Maybe next year, they got good young guys, but need to fill a couple holes)\nNL EAST: Colorado Rockies (WHY? CAUSE THE PADRES DID IT LAST YEAR, sub 500, Bonds will hit 715, then run around the field naked with "IM ON STEROIDS" painted on his chest, the picked up all the washed up garbage nobody else wanted, and the Padres, well there last years accident)\nNL WC: Houston Astros (Roger Clemens will return to the Astros, and pump up an already hot Houston team, Berkman gets the Silver Slugger Award, shoot maybe even MVP)\n\nPLAYOFFS:\nAL:\nLAA beat BOS 4-2 (Schilling will be back next year, not enough determination)\nTEX beat DET 4-0 (Lots of talk about Detroit could win it, but fold under pressure)\nNL:\nNYM beat COL 4-0 (Uhm, yeah, they should do what the NFL did and rearrange the leagues when the Marlins move to Las Vegas, cause the NL WEST IS A JOKE!)\nSTL beat HOU 4-3 (Clemens, tries to go the 7th game, and gets his tits lit, Pujols wins the 7th game with a WALKOFF)\n\nAL:\nLAA beat TEX 4-2 (This ones comes down to pitching, plus notice the trend, the year after Buck Shurwalter left the Diamondbacks they won there first world series, same with Yankees, so it will have to wait, until BUCKY LEAVES)\n\nNL:\nSTL beat NYM 4-3 (Delgado slumps, Wright makes errors, Reyes gets thrown out stealing, but Julio Franco hits a WALKOFF to end one of the games)\n\nWORLD SERIES:\nSTL beat LAA 4-1 (Cardinals offense is too good for Angels pitching, and Cardinals pitching barely survives Angels offense, but PUTZ gets 3 saves, and PUJOLS hits a WALKOFF)\n\nROOKIE OF THE YEAR:\nAL: Chris Shelton DET\nNL: \n\nCOMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR:\nAL: Curt Schilling BOS (20 Wins, says he'll retire after the playoffs, then says FUCK THAT after they lose)\nNL: Ryan Spilborghs COL (No one else comes to mine, and so far in his first 9 games he's hitting .500, with 3 Walks, he's got a great eye!)\n\nCY YOUNG:\nAL: Curt Schilling BOS (Johnathan Papelbon is a Closer or he would have won it)\nNL: Pedro Martinez NYM (20 Wins, 100 K, 1.72 ERA, finally turns into a true team player, leader, and captain)\n\nMVP:\nAL: Albert Pujols STL (Hits 47 HRs, Sets record for most WALKOFFS IN A SEASON, dumbass coaches never figure out, you pitch to him in the begining with no one on, not the 9th with bases loaded)\nNL: Lance Berkman HOU (Will lead Houston in RBI, HR, & 2B)\nWS: Albert Pujols STL (Most RBIS in World Series history, 4 HR, 1 WALKOFF)
33555
They have a shot at the Wild Card, but it will not come so easily with the ChiSox and the Tribe in their division.\n\nI don't really think they'll make it, but I will not be surprised if they do because they have the pitching staff; it's just the offense they have that concerns me about them.
1153751
Probably the Clevland Indians , the are currently 3 games below 500 at 31- 34 dont expect them to keep this pace all year. They are playoff contenders and will turn it around
631495
Well, I hope so(I am a Mets fan, but live in Atlanta) but I don't think they are ready with the pitching staff they have now, but to make the playoffs they will have to win their division. The player who I hope will contribute the most is David Wright. But if they win I would let any of them be the main contributor.
504394
Cleveland Indians Year ? LMAO\n\nThey let the pitcher who led the league in ERA last year go and signed old man PAUL BYRD to replace him.\n\nThey let the best set up man (Howry) in the league go and got MOTA who has a history of injuries and walks to many batters.\n\nThey got a LF (Michaels) who had never played a full season in the majors as he is a career back up and has sucked this year.\n\nMARTINEZ has thrown out 1 base runner all year and the tribe lead the league in steals given up as teams know they can run like crazy against them.\n\nThey never hit and run, sacrifice or steal because WEDGE sucks as a manager. \n\nThey had ZERO injuries to their pitchers last year and it is not realistic to expect LEE will go 17-4 again.\n\nThey have needed a RIGHT HANDED POWER HITTER for 2 years now and their CHEAP ONWER won't spend any money as according to FORBES the TRIBE MADE THE MOST MONEY in baseball last year- 40 million. \n\nHow bout putting some of that money into 1 or 2 star players and maybe they would draw another 10 thousand a game to offset some of that salary ?\n\nHAFNER is having a good year but sooner or later teams will start walking him or give him nothing good to hit.\n\nTribe will win between 80-85 games
15188
It's going to be tough with milwaukee and cleveland this year.  If they do you better hope they don't face Detroit in the first round. They have gotten blown out in both games so far.
192935
they could possibly win one this year or next year. They have a good basketball team with labron james and are expected to make it to the mlb players, so they have a good chance this year
863762
They are in a tough conference. Chances are slim at best, though not impossible if they win out. I wouldn't bet on them for this year but with a good draft and some free agent aquisitions, they could be there in a year or two.
117541
they should have a winning record, but i think making the playoffs is a stretch.  they're not as good as the cards or the astros, and the brewers are much improved.  this could very well be the toughest division to win in baseball.\n\njuan pierre will jump start the offense, a huge improvement over corey patterson.  if aramis ramirez and derrek lee can stay healthy, holy cow... they are gonna score a lot of runs.\n\nbut the questions about kerry wood and the closer situation make me worried.  carlos zambrano will have to be the one to carry them. \n\ni'd say 85 wins for the fuzzy cubbies this year.
350263
Hopefully The Cleveland Indians.