AL Central

Surprisingly the Indians are seventh in baseball in ERA, led by the strong performance of the starting rotation. Arguably Josh Tomlin has been the Indians' most consistent pitcher this season, behind Justin Masterson, after throwing another quality start against the Royals last night. His ERA currently sits at 2.33, and his WHIP sits at a stunning 0.89.

It is no secret that the Cleveland Indians have been playing some great baseball in their torrid start to the 2011 season. For the first time in a few years, the Tribe could find themselves in the position in the American League Central standings that they could emerge as 'buyers' at the All-Star Break rather than 'sellers'.

Over the last couple seasons, we have seen C.C. Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Victor Martinez, Rafael Betancourt, Jhonny Peralta, Ryan Garko, among many others be dealt around the Break.

One look at the AL Central division standings has a lot of people scratching their heads.

The order is almost the exact opposite from the end of 2010.

There are only two things still the same—Cleveland is about two games better than Kansas City and the Detroit Tigers find themselves in the middle of the division. 

The Kansas City Royals' organization has had several great teams throughout their history.

During the 1970s and 1980s, KC was the cream of the crop for baseball in the Midwest, helping to produce the franchise's only World Series title in 1985.

For this piece, I countdown the Top 10 Royals teams of all-time. Enjoy.

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It's been a rough start to the season for the two-time defending American League Central champions.

The injury bug has hit the Twins big time already, and players who are healthy have done little to pick up the slack from those injured.

With the 6-12 start to the season, the Twins are looking to win ballgames any way possible, and that should include looking into moving some players.

Ahead are four moves I feel the Twins have to make by season's end to be competitive, not just this season, but in years to come.

Welcome to Tribe Talk, where Bleacher Report's Cleveland Indians fans weigh-in on the ups and downs of the club each week throughout the season.

This week, we formulate a strategy for the Tribe to win the Kansas City series; speculate on recently-returned Grady Sizemore's future; cry about our long relief woes; and fess up on who our favorite Indians are.

Every sport has their own set of unwritten sins, for instance a left tackle not helping their quarterback up after a blindside sack, or in hockey not giving the goalie your stick after his breaks, but no sport has more unwritten rules than baseball.

NOTE: THIS SLIDESHOW DOES NOT PREDICT TRADES AND FREE AGENT SIGNEES.

The Minnesota Twins have lots of good prospects, and although they are not doing too well now, they will be able to filter these young stars into the majors in the future. The Twins have turned from a "homegrown" team (where players who were in your farm system are now on the team) to a team with more free agents.

2010 was dubbed the "Year of the Rookie" after many top tier prospects entered the big leagues.  Jason Heyward and Neftali Feliz were among those to make it to the show on Opening Day, but a wave of impact players took a little time to join them.

Among the superstar midseason replacements were Buster Posey, Mike Stanton, Danny Valencia, and Starlin Castro.  Even Evan Longoria had to wait to make the bigs until May.  These cornerstone players are now on their way to superstar status.

If you look at baseball with a limited enough scope, the game is full of more surprises than the Cracker Jack stand at Yankee Stadium.

Through 15 short games, we really can’t learn much about anything. A great hitter could struggle during such a time, a weak bat could smack two home runs and a bad team can win two-thirds of their games.

The challenge becomes separating the lucky from the talented, the flukes from the real things.