Cleveland Indians: 4-point checklist for the month of August

Cleveland Indians need to take advantage of long home stands

During the month of August the Cleveland Indians have a grand total of 16 home games split being two home stands. The first will span from Aug. 6 until Aug. 12 with the second going from Aug. 20 to Aug. 29 with one off day. Originally the first homestand was supposed to have an off day as well, but instead the team will have a makeup game against Cincinnati.

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The key here is that while the team will be home a lot, that doesn’t exactly help them. So far this season Cleveland is just 26-23 at home. That’s above .500, but the hope is that teams are well above .500 at home and that just hasn’t been the case for the Tribe thus far.

It doesn’t help that in July the team fell below .500 for the first time in a single month this season, going 9-15 overall. Bouncing back from that won’t be easy, but the frequently aforementioned easier schedule will help in that department.

Being that the teams coming to Progressive Field are the Tigers, Reds, A’s, Angels, Rangers and Red Sox, the team has a huge opportunity at home. You can split this teams into pretty much two categories. Teams that are very sweep-able and teams the Tribe are chasing in the Wild Card race. Either way, wins at home, in fact sweeps at home, are near musts in August against that schedule.