Cleveland Indians stars set to meet tonight in WBC final

Cleveland Indians fans will get to see Francisco Lindor, and potentially Andrew Miller, in the championship of the World Baseball Classic.

The World Baseball Classic ends tonight, and one or more Cleveland Indians players are going to come back to Goodyear a champion.

Team USA is taking on an undefeated Puerto Rican squad tonight in the final game of the tournament, and the Indians are well-represented.

Puerto Rico is led by a young shortstop named Francisco Lindor, you may have heard of him, and also features other Indians players in Joseph Colon and Roberto Perez.

Team USA only has one Indians player, Andrew Miller, and he looked to be back to his old self on Tuesday night in the semifinals against Japan.

Puerto Rico has already beaten Team USA once, but it was a 6-5 final in a game that saw Marcus Stroman allow four runs in the first inning. He is starting in tonight’s final, so let’s hope the experience in the first game will help him avoid such a bad start to the game.

If he struggles, Miller is always able to come in at any point in the game. The dream matchup would be to see Miller face Lindor in a critical part in the game, although it is up to you on who you want to win that battle.

Indians fans may be leaning toward a Team USA victory, but it would hard to be upset seeing Lindor celebrate winning a championship, even though one in October would be much sweeter.

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The game is tonight at 9 p.m. ET, so drink some coffee and get ready for a late night of baseball in March. Some don’t like the World Baseball Classic, but it is hard to argue with a free night of competitive baseball on a cold March night in Cleveland.