Burning River Radio is back after an unintentional break with our trivia challange. In this episode, Joe makes up a "Stump the Schwab" style quiz full of Indians trivia for Mike to answer. You can play along with some of the questions on Sporcle.com. Round one is available here and rounds two through four are here. You can play the quizes first then listen to the show to see how you did compared to Mike.

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Stupid Signings Update: In a sudden burst of insanity, the Indians traded cash or a player to be named later to the Pirates for former Indian John McDonald. McDonald is currently on the disabled list (making this deal seem even sketchier) and is batting .064 for Pittsburgh. There are at least ten players in the minor leagues with the Indians that would be better hitters right now than McDonald and a few that are equal or better defenders. He isn't worth any cash or a single minor league player as he can only hurt his team. This move is a total mistake and can only lead to regret. It also says something about the irrational distrust of Lonnie Chisenhall, that the Indians would rather bring in McDonald than promote Chisenhall back to where he belongs.

Player of the Game

Carlos Santana won tonight's Player of the Game in a single at bat, knocking in all three Indians runs with a double in the third inning. There was no other positive point for the Indians on the day as they lost their eighth straight game in a row.

Feathers Up

It is possible for an Indians hitter to get a clutch hit and Carlos Santana proved so during the third innings today when he hit a two out, bases clearing, three RBI double. The Indians offense has been awful as of late and they really needed either Brantley (who popped out) or Santana to come through in that situation.

Feathers Down

Nick Hagadone came in with runners on first and third in the 7th and immediately recorded an interesting double play where Carlos Santana tagged first and eventually caught the runner at third off the base. Just when it looked like the inning would end without any damage, Lance Berkman hit a two run home run to knock Hagadone out of the game. Cody Allen came in for Hagadone, but was unlucky as well, giving up a walk and a double for another run. Going into this inning the Indians and Rangers were tied, but in what has been a common occurrence of late, the bullpen was not dependable and gave up the lead.

Michael Bourn has seen better nights than tonight. The Indians lead off hitter struck out three times and was 0-5 in all. Bourn wasn't alone as the Indians struck out eleven times against Texas pitching and Mark Reynolds struck out three times himself.

It will be interesting seeing Chris McGuiness playing on the Rangers MLB team after the Indians released him during Spring Training. Essentially, the Indians kept Jason Giambi at the cost of the first six years of McGuiness' career. This will likely be a very bad move in the history of the Indians as Giambi is pretty much done with his productive years.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 3 - Texas Rangers 6

The 2013 draft is now complete. Here is the Cleveland Indians full list of selections along with some notes about the draft.

The Indians are in free fall, falling two games below .500 for the first time since April. There isn't a single part of the team that is without blame, but the offense has especially fallen off in the past weeks. Against New York and Detroit, the Indians scored more than four runs just a single time and were held to a single run in the final game against the Tigers, by a young pitcher in his Major League debut.There have also been some issues with the pitching staff, but they are still playing well enough to win games with a decent offense behind them.

Everyone will need to step up their game going into the next series as the Indians travel to Texas to play one of the best hitting teams in all of baseball. The Rangers own the AL West and are dominating all opponents despite losing their top hitter, Josh Hamilton, from the past few seasons.

Game 1: Monday, June 10th 8:05 PM EDT
Scott Kazmir, LHP, 3-3, 5.24 ERA vs Josh Lindblom, RHP, 0-1, 7.71 ERA

The Indians will face two pitchers this series that they have never faced before. That is just about the scariest thing that you could say to the Indians hitters this year, a team that has destroyed all but two of the former Cy Young award winners they have faced. Most recently, the Indians scored three runs against Justin Verlander in the opening game against Detroit, but were unable to get anything more than a solo home run against Jose Alvarez who pitched the finale. Lindblom may not be as good as either of those two starters, but it may be irrelevant with the way the Indians are hitting right now. Something will have to break the Indians out of their month long slump though, and maybe it will be the hitter friendly confines of the Ballpark in Arlington.

Game 2: Tuesday, June 11th 8:05 PM EDT
Corey Kluber, RHP,  3-4, 4.56 ERA vs Derek Holland, LHP, 5-2, 2.82 ERA

The Indians will face their only familiar foe during this middle game of the series. Holland has fared well against the Indians in the past (3-0, 2.31 ERA), but these are not your left handed only Indians. Asdrubal Cabrera, Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis have all had success against Holland and some of the younger players (Yan Gomes, Drew Stubbs, etc.) have yet to face him. Who knows, maybe all Mark Reynolds is waiting for to break out of his slump is a nice hard throwing left hander.

Game 3: Wednesday, June 12th 8:00 PM EDT ESPN
Ubaldo Jimenez, RHP, 4-4, 5.03 ERA vs Nick Tepesch, RHP, 3-5, 3.92 ERA

Tepesch is a rookie, but has been in the Rangers rotation all season. This will be his first game against the Tribe and it will come off his worst game of the year, where he gave up six runs against the Blue Jays (he allowed just six runs in all of April). Overall, he has pitched well and seeing the Indians past against rookie starters, they could be in trouble.

Jimenez didn't pitch too poorly in his last time out, but a an errors cost him two unearned runs and he was removed from the game after just three innings and 85 pitches. It broke a stretch of eight games pitching through at least the fourth, a set back after a full month worth of quality starts. Still, just once since April 21st has he given up more than three runs in a start and he continues to strike batters out without walking as many as last season. If he can continue improving as he has most of the year, this will be the closest and lowest scoring game of the series.

Indians News: Carlos Carrasco had his suspension lowered from 8 games to seven after his atrocious start yesterday, so the Indians will be able to continue on with the current rotation without making any further moves until Zach McAllister returns. Also, despite any other distractions, Chris Perez is continuing on his rehab and has begun throwing on the mound. As of now it is expected he should return the team and originally anticipated.

Player of the Game

Ryan Raburn won his second consecutive Player of the Game, the second time he has done so this year. Although, he struck out with the tying run on deck in the ninth, his solo home run was the only run scored by the Indians today.

Feathers Up

The Indians may have caught a break when the Tigers best starting pitcher so far this year, Anibal Sanchez, was scratched from the start today and was replaced by rookie Jose Alvarez making his Major League debut. Of course, the Indians have struggled with pitchers they haven't seen before all season, so this may not have been as good for the Tribe as it seems.

Feathers Down

Jose Alvarez got lucky facing the Tribe in his debut as he was able to set him K/9 high to start off his career. Although they aren't going to set any records this year, the Indians are prolific at striking out and did so against Alvarez. Four Indians struck out the first time through the lineup and seven total in his six innings. The Tigers have to be happy with Alvarez's debut as it was only marred by a solo home run.

Justin Masterson discovered a new way to get beat by the Tigers today. Instead of allowing the top of the lineup to reach base and have Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder knock them in, he let Fielder and Cabrera on, only to be knocked in by a Don Kelly three run home run. With the hit, Kelly is now batting .198 with 10 RBI.

Mark Reynolds had another tough day, leaving another runner stranded at second (continuing his streak of no RBI [other than home runs] in past 15 games) and committing an error at third. With all this, there has been no talk from the Indians front office of bringing back Lonnie Chisenhall who is dominating at AAA. With Chisenhall back in the fold, Reynolds could move back to DH and concentrate just on hitting.

Reynolds is not the only one to blame for the Indians recent offensive problems, however, as the team has dropped to just 3.5 runs per game during their recent losing stretch (3-13 over last 16 games). Prior to that, the offense had been an asset to the team, scoring 5.2 runs per game during the team's first 46 games. The biggest difference between the two groupings has been the offensive play of Reynolds and Carlos Santana who were amazing during April, but have since cooled down.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 1 - Detroit Tigers 4

Roster Update: Zach McAllister's injury has been deemed serious enough for the disabled list and Carlos Carrasco has been brought back in his place. Carrasco has an 8 game suspension to serve, but will appeal it to start this game. After his start he will serve his suspension and McAllister should only have to miss one or two more starts. His injury has been described as a finger strain.

Player of the Game

Ryan Raburn struck out in the ninth inning with the tying run on first, but without his efforts earlier in the game, the game wouldn't even have been that close. His two run home run in the seventh inning was the only thing that kept this game within reach.

Feathers Up

Matt Langwell has quickly become an important part of the Indians bullpen, pitching five innings in five appearances over the Indians last six games. Langwell has been a long reliever and spot starter so the work load shouldn't effect him. He has seemed to have settled down and hasn't given up a run (inherited or his own) since his first appearance. In today's game he came in with a runner on second and finished the inning without any issue. He then pitched another perfect inning, striking out three Tigers along the way.

Feathers Down

The unexpected return of Carlos Carrasco was less impressive than the Indians would have liked. Carrasco was unable to get out of the fifth inning after allowing ten hits and six runs in the four innings he did pitch. The biggest hurt came when Carrasco allowed a bases loaded double to Prince Fielder in the second inning, but he was getting himself into difficult situations all game.

Mark Reynolds magic appears to be gone as he hasn't had an RBI hit with runners in scoring position since May 23rd. During this span of 14 games, he has knocked in just one run on a solo home run. This comes after leading the Majors in HR and ranking in the top five in RBI for much of the first two months. Today, he came up twice with a runner in scoring position and each time struck out. While, like Carlos Santana before him, no one expected Reynolds to continue his torrid hitting all year, it is strange to see him fall too far. In the past two weeks he is batting just .179 and is batting under .200 over the past month.

This loss was the sixth in a row for the Indians overall and their eleventh straight road loss.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 4 - Detroit Tigers 6

Draft Update: While the Indians had a day off yesterday in the field, they were involved in the top of the MLB amateur draft that goes on all weekend. The Indians had the fifth overall pick which they used to take high school outfielder/third baseman, Clint Frazier. Following that, the Tribe took seven straight pitchers (four left handed) and a second baseman to end the day. Rounds 11 through 40 will take place tomorrow as teams finish up the draft. We will bring you further analysis along with a complete list of players drafted after things wrap up.

Player of the Game

Drew Stubbs scored two of the Indians five runs and hit a solo home run late in the game to win his third award of the season. Nick Swisher also deserves credit here for his score of -4.49, giving him the worst game of the season for a fielder. He essentially single handedly lost the game when his errors are combined with his poor effort at the plate, including ending the game with a runner on second.

Feathers Up

The Indians managed to slap together an inning in the fifth against Justin Verlander. The speedsters Mike Aviles, Drew Stubbs and Michael Bourn each hit singles and Jason Kipnis finished things off with a two run double.

The Indians team ERA won't take a hit, despite the team giving up six runs. Three of the runs were unearned thanks to two Nick Swisher errors, each of which could have lead to double plays if properly turned (although the margin for error was slim on the first one). Because of these extra outs, Ubaldo Jimenez and Matt Albers' games looked worse than they actually were. Specifically, Ubaldo did a good job in the second inning by striking out Andy Dirks after the error, but an infield single ruined the inning for the Tribe.

The Indians mounted a little comeback against the Tigers closer, who came in despite Detroit's four run lead. Jason Giambi lead the inning off with a solo home run against Jose Valverde and Drew Stubbs came through one out later with a solo shot of his own. Michael Bourn tried to do the same, but came up short in Comerica's cavernous outfield.

The Indians kept the combination of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder 0-7 tonight. Of course, the errors and unearned runs well made up for the loss of these two hitters for the Tigers.

Feathers Down

A dumb play by Nick Swisher turned into an error to extend the second inning for the Tigers. With the hit and run in effect, Swisher decided to throw a ground ball to second instead of taking the simple play at first. His throw to second hit Brayan Pena, giving Detroit runners at first and second with one out instead of just second with two. With the extra out, the inning would have ended without any damage, but instead, a Torii Hunter infield single and a Miguel Cabrera walk gave the Tigers a 3-0 lead.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 5 - Detroit Tigers 7

Arrested Indians Update: In the wake of the Biogenisis PED scandal, Chris Perez has been busted for a different type of drug. Rocky River police are investigating Chris Perez for allegedly receiving a pound of marijuana in the mail. According to criminaldefenselawyers.com, the penalty for possession in Ohio of up to 1,000 grams (2.2 lb) of pot is up to a $2,500 fine and/or a year in prison. While the fine would be nothing for the Indians closer who is making over $7M for this season, a year in prison would severely extend his trip to the DL. Of course, unless they try to make an example of him, athletes tend to do less time in prison than regular people.

Also, the information in this case is very conflicting at this point, with some sources saying that he was arrested, while others saying it is just being investigated. If he is arrested he would be far from the first Indian with legal trouble. A year ago Fausto Carmona (Roberto Hernandez) was arrested in the Dominican Republic for falsifying documents and before that Shin-Soo Choo was in trouble with a DUI and Scott Sauerbeck was arrested for doing things we'd rather not mention. Chris Perez has to be considered one of the greatest closers in Indians history and everyone should remember that he is innocent until proven guilty.

Update 6/7: Mark Gillespie has the complete story now available on cleveland.com. Rather than just repeat everything written there, I recommend clicking the link and reading the story yourself. One thing that does appear to be certain is that Perez is guilty of something, because the police found some marijuana already in his house, other than the package that was shipped to him. There was a lot of confusion when the initial story came out, but things seem to be cleared up now. At this point it seems like Perez (and his wife, who was also charged), should avoid jail time, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is suspended by either Major League Baseball or the Indians. There is some precedence in this case as Tim Lincecum was arrested in 2009 on possession charges. He avoided jail time by just paying a fine and was never suspended by anyone. Of course, San Francisco is a little more liberal place than Cleveland and the Indians are certainly not very happen about the current situation.

Panic! The Indians are 4-12 in their last sixteen games and have lost five of their last six series. But...the Tigers have lost five of their last seven and maintain a slim lead on the AL Central despite the Tribe's struggles. Even the White Sox who, the person who usually writes these articles picked as his surprise winner for the Central, have lost eight in row against the cellar dwelling Cubs and the lowly A's and Mariners.

In all likelihood, this stretch is the hardest of the season, facing nine straight opponents with a winning percentage over .500. After this, the Indians only play two teams over .500 in a row one more time (Atlanta followed by Detroit in late August). This stretch will also played almost entirely on the road with 14 of 25 games away from home. Don't worry Tribe fans, it gets better.

Game 1: Friday, June 7th 7:08 EDT
Ubaldo Jimenez, RHP, 4-3, 4.83 ERA vs Justin Verlander, RHP, 7-4, 3.70 ERA

Rematch! This will be round three of the Jimenez/Verlander match-up of 2013. Round one went to Jimenez and the Indians as Verlander was only able to pitch five innings while allowing three runs. Round two saw a reversal with Jimenez throwing just four innings and allowing six runs (Verlander actually pitched worse in this game than round one, but still got the win). Round three could be the deciding battle to prove who is the better pitcher.

Jimenez may surprisingly  have an advantage as the two pitchers are headed in severe opposite directions. Since April 16th, Jimenez has lowered his ERA steadily from 11.25 to his current 4.83. He had a set back against Detroit last time out, but besides that game he hasn't given up more than two runs in a game since April 21st. Verlander has gone the other way, starting from May 5th, when he held an ERA of 1.55. Two of his next three starts came against the Tribe who raised his ERA to 3.66 while mediocre outings against the Pirates and Orioles have raised it a little since then as well.

Game 2: Saturday, June 8th 4:08 EDT
Justin Masterson, RHP, 8-4, 3.57 ERA vs Rick Porcello, RHP, 2-3, 5.21 ERA

Masterson didn't look much like himself against the Yankees last time out, but no one on the Tribe played particularly well. He has struggled with some of the Tigers in the past, but if he can avoid Miguel Cabrera, he should be alright. Like every pitcher in this match-up, Porcello is a familiar face to Indians hitters. The Indians switch hitters have seen the most success against the right hander in the past, with Carlos Santana hitting three home runs and Asdrubal Cabrera batting .351. Even Nick Swisher has seen some success in his few appearances against Porcello with a home run and four RBI.

Game 3: Sunday, June 9th 1:08 EDT
Scott Kazmir, LHP, 3-3, 5.24 ERA vs Anibal Sanchez, RHP, 6-5, 2.65 ERA

Sunday would be Zach McAllister's normal start day, but some finger discomfort has forced the Indians to skip his start this time around. This will be Kazmir's normal time of rest as the Indians have an off day on Thursday before the series. Kazmir took a step back last time out, but, while he took the loss, he pitched better than any other starter against the Yankees, thowing six innings and allowing just four runs. After dealing with Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano, the Tigers should be nothing for the left hander.

Sanchez has possibly been the Tigers best starter this year as he maintains an ERA below 3.00 and has struck out 98 over 78 innings. Of course, he has yet to face the Tribe so these numbers are almost certainly inflated. We all know that the Braves, Nationals, Rays and Athletics (all teams that have been shut down by Sanchez), have nothing on the prolific Indians offense. 

The MLB Amateur draft is upcoming again this weekend. In general, the MLB draft is followed much less closely by fans than the NBA or NFL drafts as the players aren't any where near as well known (NCAA football compared to high school baseball) and they won't see playing time at a professional level for years down the line. With this in mind, instead of solely focusing on the 2013 draft, we will give you a little update on how some previous draft classes are doing. In general, any players who will be great should be in the Majors five years after they're drafted, so we will focus mostly on the 2008 class.

Major League Ready
Lonnie Chisenhall (1), Cord Phelps (3),  Matt Langwell (11)

The Indians top pick from 2008 has already made an impression in the big leagues, but was recently sent back down to AAA. Chisenhall has since batted .400 and has shown he is ready for the Majors. He is generally the only player left out of the draft who could be a possible All-Star in the future, but the chances of that are slim.

Phelps had his best chance for fame taken away from him when he batted under .155 in 35 games in 2011. Jason Kipnis showed up that same season (despite being drafted a year later) and blew away the world, showing the Indians which player was their second baseman of the future. Phelps is now designated as a utility player injury replacement. His chance at Major League stardom has come and gone.

Langwell has been pushing his way through the minors for five years (the other players listed in this section made their debuts in 2011) and finally made it last week. Langwell has generally been used as a long reliever in the minors and will likely stay in that position with the Tribe. He was ranked 14th among all Indians minor leaguers in our recent MiLB rankings. In three seasons at AAA, Langwell has thrown 100 innings and held an ERA of 3.15 while striking out 105. His numbers have been even better at the lower levels and this is his chance to prove himself in the Majors.

Top Prospects
Trey Haley (2), Tim Fedroff (7), Adam Abraham (13), Carlos Moncrief (14), T.J. House (16), Bryce Stowell (22)