AL Central

The Cleveland Indians Systems Check video offers a quick overview of the team's farm system, addressing its strengths and weaknesses and how it can improve moving forward.

The video also provides a breakdown of the Tribe’s top prospects for 2014, shortstop Francisco Lindor and outfielders Clint Frazier and Tyler Naquin, including each player's ETA in the major leagues and potential long-term role within the organization.

Lack of Bench Depth

The Indians' lack of bench depth is becoming a rather big problem for the club. Though they're not faced with the same types of pinch-hitting decisions that National League teams face, the level of production the Tribe have received from their bench has been deplorable.

Here come the Kansas City Royals. After getting off to a troublesome 29-32 start, the AL Central contenders have caught fire by winning eight games in a row. The latest—an 11-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers—has put the defending division champions on notice.

The 2014 MLB draft has come and gone, and it's time to re-rank the Indians' top prospects.

The team made one of the best selections in the entire draft when University of San Francisco outfielder Kyle Zimmer fell to it at No. 21 overall. The Tribe followed that up with two more solid selections in lefty Justus Sheffield and University of Virginia outfielder Mike Papi.

The Minnesota Twins are a halfway decent team in 2014. After three straight 90-loss seasons, that'll do nicely for progress.

But who knows? Maybe halfway decent isn't Minnesota's ceiling in 2014. Perhaps the Twins can be better than that. Perhaps they can even be good enough to make some noise in an AL Central division that's widely viewed as the playground of the Detroit Tigers.

Any time you can incorporate a wine glass, maracas and a Hawaiian lei into your dance routine, you're doing strong work. 

All of these essential components were found in the "Call Me Maybe" rendition that Chicago White Sox pitcher Chris Sale put together.

The Kansas City Royals experienced a scary moment over the weekend when Yordano Ventura left Monday's start with elbow discomfort. The organization announced a setback to prospect Kyle Zimmer this morning. It has been a rough few days to be a Kansas City pitcher.

There are two types of baseball fans: duckers and grabbers.

Eileen Depesa is a grabber, and her quick reflexes likely saved an infant from taking a bat to the head during Monday’s White Sox game.

Depesa was sitting in the stands near the left-field line when Tyler Flowers lost the handle on his bat and sent the article whipping toward her section.

In 2013, the Detroit Tigers had many people convinced they might be baseball’s best team. Boasting arguably the game’s best pitcher (Max Scherzer) and inarguably its best hitter (Miguel Cabrera), they seemed to have the necessary weapons to dominate any opponent.

When baseball fans think of the Detroit Tigers, names like Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer