Cleveland Indians: An offensive rebound is needed to make any sort of postseason run

Even at its peak, the offense might not be able to slug with the likes of the Dodgers, Padres, or White Sox. But the front office might have one more crafty tool they are betting on for an offensive rebound, the law of averages.

The law of averages is the principle that future events are likely to turn out so that they balance any past deviation from a presumed average.

In other words, it is unlikely the Cleveland offense will continue to underperform at its current rate for the remainder of the season.

It’s not an exciting new bat or a top prospect, but the teams’ expected outcomes that will hopefully balance out the underperformance to reach league average numbers.

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The way the team stacks up, they are battling for first place in the Central with a top tier pitching staff accompanied by one of the league’s worst offenses. Should the offense start trending towards league average, the team’s stock will rise and gone will be the days of counting how few runs were scored over a series.