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An Analysis of the Indians’ Success Against the Cy Young Army

Merritt Rohlfing — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:36 +0000

With the Cleveland Indians’ 6-0 drubbing of the Seattle Mariners and 2010 Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez this past Sunday, the Tribe is 7-1 against Cy Young winners this season. The run includes both of last season’s winners, R.A. Dickey on Opening Day and a thumping of David Price in Tampa, as well as superstars in Justin Verlander and retreads like Bartolo Colon, who is a shadow of his former self. It’s quite a shadow. The one loss? Of course, it’s to Jake Peavy of the Chicago White Sox. A guy who reconstructed his shoulder gets the better of a team that thumped the King and Verlander. Sometimes the Sox just don’t know when to get out of the way.

What does this mean? Any number of things. Maybe the guys were lucky that day. Maybe Felix and Verlander and Price and everyone else were just flat that time around. whatever it was, and including Peavy, the Cy Youngers hold a combined 8.20 ERA against Cleveland along with a lot of frowny faces. Let’s see how they did it. (more…)

Clobbering Time: Indians Find Strange Success Against Former Cy Young Winners

Kyle Downing — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:26 +0000

At the top of the list of highlights for the Tribe this season has been their astounding success against former Cy Young Award-winning pitchers. So far this season, the Indians have had the unfortunate luck of having to face members of this elite class in more than one out of every five games they’ve played. In those seven match ups, they have produced some astounding results, dealing losses to six of those pitchers and slapping them with a colossal 8.10 combined ERA.They’ve tagged them for a whopping 33 earned runs on 52 hits, including 9 home runs, dealing the pitchers a dismal average game score of 37.

If those numbers don’t already make your jaw drop, there’s more. (more…)

Indians Beat R.A. Dickey, Open 2013 Season with 4-1 Win

Lewie Pollis — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:00:08 +0000

So far, so good. After the club’s most exciting offseason in recent memory, Tribe fans’ optimism was rewarded on Opening Day as the Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-1, in the first game of the 2013 season. (more…)