Five teams that have inflected most pain on the Cleveland Indians since 2016

Which five teams have inflected the most pain on the Cleveland Indians the last five years? We take a look back.

The year 2020 has been full of pain, including for Cleveland Indians, after watching the club’s franchise World Series title drought to an MLB long 72 years.

From the COVID-19 pandemic to the deaths have countless celebrities, wildfires, hurricanes and for Indians fans a gut-wrenching playoff lost.

With the theme of pain in mind, it seems appropriate to look back at which five teams across the majors have inflected the most pain on the Cleveland Indians.

Criteria to make this list include regular season success at the Indians’ suspense, knocking the Tribe out of the postseason and other ways of causing Cleveland fans to shake their heads.

Without further ado, here are the five teams across the MLB to inflect the most pain on the Indians from 2016-20.