How bad are the Indians?

How bad are the Cleveland Indians?

Last year's Cy Young winner, Cliff Lee, is 1-5 this season despite a 3.45 ERA. In his last four outings, all losses by the Indians, Lee is 0-3 with a 1.74 ERA (4 BB, 19 K, 31 IP, 6 R). Ouch.

Cleveland has scored the fourth-most runs in the AL. However, in those four Lee games mentioned above, they were shut out twice and scored one run in each of the other two.

The Tribe's team ERA is the second-worst in the entire major leagues, at 5.77 (which is just better than the worst team in this category, the Yankees, with their 5.79).

Interestingly, Carl Pavano, the bust that all Yankees fans hate, leads the Indians with 3 wins despite his ugly ERA. Pavano is 3-3 with a 6.45 ERA. Cleveland lost his first four starts, but has won his last three. In those last three games, the Indians gave Pavano six, nine, and nine runs.

I guess Pavano has been lucky to get the run support that Lee has been lacking. Surprising that he didn't get the ball the night Cleveland won 22-4 at new Yankee Stadium earlier this season.

Yeah - that 22-4 game!

That might be the Tribe's lone highlight of the 2009 season.

Cleveland is dead last in the AL, 12-22. That surpasses only the hapless Washington Nationals (10-21) in the NL.