All-Star Update: Asdrubal Cabrera and Chris Perez were named as reserves to the American League All-Star team for the second year in a row. The pair made the trip to Arizona last year as the Indians sole representatives and will make it a tradition this year in Kansas City as the pair was elected to go again. Texas is bringing a team high 7 All-Stars to KC, leaving little room for deserving players like Jason Kipnis.

Player of the Game

Justin Masterson pitched his way 8th Player of the Game of the year with another masterful performance on the mound. Masterson was dominant, pitching four perfect innings before allowing an error and a couple singles in the 5th. Overall he only allowed 2 runs (1 unearned) and struck out 6 while keeping the Orioles to 5 hits over 7 innings. His final game score was 7.06.

Feathers Up

Aaron Cunningham got a rare start today and made it count as he hit his first home run of the season, breaking an 0-12 streak that went across 8 games.

Manny Acta used today to give left handed hitting starters Johnny Damon, Michael Brantley and Jack Hannahan the day off and he couldn't have picked a better day. The Indians right handed heavy lineup scored 5 runs in the first 4 innings on six extra base hits taking left handed starting pitcher Brian Matusz out early in the game.

After starting the game out poorly Jason Kipnis decided to add as many stats on at once as possible. In the 9th inning he hit an RBI single and immediately stole second.

Feathers Down

As well as the Indians reserves played today on offense, they looked a little rough on defense. Justin Masterson was throwing a perfect game until Jason Donald booted an easy play at short. Donald then missed the tag on a steal for another chance to get that runner out. On the next play a ball dropped in front of Aaron Cunningham that he probably should have dove for considering the situation, but he just let it fall. Later in the game Cunningham did dive for a ball, but was unsuccessful in catching it. It was Cunningham's first time in centerfield since May 25th and was Donald's first game at short for the Tribe since April 22nd.

Injury Update: It was announced today that Lonnie Chisenhall's broken bone will take at least 10 weeks to heal after surgery, effectively ending his 2012 season. Hopefully the Indians will use him on the starting roster coming out of Spring Training in 2013 and stop playing around with him the way they have with some other young players.

Play of the Game

Aaron Cunningham hit his first home run of the season in no doubt fashion to deep left field.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 6 - Baltimore Orioles 2

The Indians had some ups and some downs in June. Here are the players that brought their batting averages up, ERAs down and those that were called up and sent down to and from Columbus. Same rules as last time, the ranking is for the entire year, the stat for the last month.

1. Jason Kipnis Even (0)

8 Steals: Kipnis lead the team again in June and retains his top spot in the player rankings. This month he stole 8 bases as he continues to lead the team in that stat among others. He was not caught stealing during the month of June.

2. Justin Masterson Above (+4)

2 Wins: Justin Masterson finally pitched like the ace he is this month as he only allowed 8 runs in 35 innings and earned two wins for his efforts. He did lose 3 games during the month due to lack of run support, but he showed a vast improvement in his overall results.

3. Shin-Soo Choo Above (+5)

.579 Slugging Percent: Choo really turned it on during the last two games of the month to make his numbers respectable. With those two games (10 total bases) he took over the team lead in batting average and slugging percent in June.

4. Asdrubal Cabrera Above (-2)

20 RBI: Cabrera lead the team in June in RBI batting out of the second spot in the lineup. The fact that he could do this at all goes a lot to show how successful Choo has been as a lead-off hitter and how well the bottom of the lineup is getting on base. Cabrera has had to his part too, by actually taking advantage of these scoring opportunities.

5. Vinnie Pestano Above (+4)

4 Hits Allowed: Pestano was dominant again in June and he only allowed 4 hits and 1 run in his 9.1 innings. He also added another 5 saves to his already impressive total.

6. Michael Brantley Above (-1)

10 Walks: Brantley improved so much in June that he was temporarily placed in the clean-up spot with Santana on the mend. The 10 walks match his total for the previous two months and show his improvement in maturity as a hitter.

7. Chris Perez Above (0)

0 Walks Allowed: Perez continued his streak of perfection as he saved another 6 straight games. During save opportunties he has been just about perfect and didn't allow a single walk all month.

8. Ubaldo Jimenez Above (+7)

.210 Batting Average Against: The former finally found his stride during the month of June and not only didn't allow runners on by hit, but also cut his walks down as he only walked 11 compared to 32 strike outs.

9. Derek Lowe Below (-6)

3 Losses: What happened to Derek Lowe? Reality. With rate stats of a 6.49 ERA, .317 BAA and 1.64 WHIP it is no surprise that Lowe lost three of his six starts. What is surprising is that he didn't lose all six.

10. Joe Smith Even (+4)

12 Games: Smith pitched in more games than any Indians reliever this month. He should be the Indians most used as he continues to keep batters off the bases and from crossing the plate.

11. Carlos Santana Below (New)

20 Strike outs: In limited playing time (20 games), Santana still managed to strike out more than all but two players on the team. This wouldn't be as big of a deal if he had more than 11 hits during the entire month.

12. Casey Kotchman Even (-2)

3 Home Runs: No one expected this type of power coming out of Kotchman this season, but it is a good thing he has been hitting the long ball as he isn't hitting much else. His .229 average during June is a far cry from the top ten hitter the Indians thought they were getting in the off season.

13. Jose Lopez Below (-2)

.273 OBP: What would be a fairly good batting average for Lopez is a terrible on-base percentage as he only managed to walk twice all month. Things were looking good with Chisenhall taking his place as back-up third baseman, but with Lonnie out for the foreseeable future, Lopez will have to step up his game over the next month.

14. Zach McAllister Above (New)

1 Start: McAllister only made one start during June, but it was a good one as he only allowed 2 runs and earned the win.

15. Josh Tomlin Below (-2)

.346 BAA: Tomlin and Lowe, along with Gomez have been the two Indians starters keeping the team down during the past month as their two aces have started performing. Tomlin has been especially bad as he allowed more runs and hits than any other pitcher this month.

16. Jack Hannahan Below (New)

0 Extra Base Hits: Hannahan missed the end of May and the beginning of June on the DL, but since his return he has made Indians fans wished he stayed there. He will see more regular at bats with Chisenhall out despite his .143 batting average that month.

17. Esmil Rogers Above (New)

1.74 ERA: The Rockies must be shocked as Rogers looks like a completely different pitcher for the Indians than he did in Colorado. His ERA this month is fairly significant as well as he pitched the third most innings of all the Indians relievers with 10.1.

18. Johnny Damon Even (-1)

12 Runs: Damon has struggled his whole time with the Tribe, but was a little better this month. Damon lead all players that aren't every day starters with 12 runs and 12 RBI.

19. Jeremy Accardo Below (-1)

12 Strike Outs: Accardo struck out 12 in his 12 innings pitched, but he also gave up 20 base runners. It's hard to give up that many runners with giving up runs and Accardo didn't prove that wrong as he had an ERA of 5.25.

20. Shelley Duncan Below (-4)

9 Hits: Duncan has been seeing less and less playing time since the signing of Damon and that trend will likely continue as more Indians come back from injury if he continues to bat near .200.

21. Lou Marson Above (+4)

.383 AVG: Marson made the biggest improvement of any Indian during June. After only 5 hits and 5 runs during the first two months, he hit 18 times in June with 10 runs scored. He also increased his extra base hits (5 in June after only 2 the previous two months) and RBI (4 in June, 1 in April and May combined). His biggest leap was in batting average where he increase his .147 average to .284 in just one month.

22. Nick Hagadone Below (-10)

12 Runs Allowed: Only three pitchers allowed more runs than Hagadone this month and all three are starters with more than over 20 innings pitched while Hagadone only threw 7. His failure has kept the Indians from using him in close situations this month after he was given two save opportunities just last month.

23. Aaron Cunningham Below (-5)

.139 OPS: This low of an OPS should not be possible in the Major Leagues. No value of late inning defense is worth the putrid batting abilities of Cunningham. He needs to be the next player out the door with his playing time given to Duncan to see if his season is savable at this point.

24. Tony Sipp Below (-5)

0.90 WHIP: Sipp finally stopped allowing so many runners as he recorded season lows in batting average against and WHIP this month. While he still allowed a lot of runs (5 on 4 home runs), the decrease in batters on base is a confident sign that he is improving and the runs should stop scoring as he continues his improvement.

25. Jason Donald DNP (New)

Jason Donald did not play this month as he was just added to the roster on the last day of the month. Donalds poor play early in the season was not enough to move him out of last place.

No longer with us (May Ranking in parenthesis):

Matt LaPorta Below (DNP)

Jeanmar Gomez Below (4)

Lonnie Chisenhall Even (21)

Scott Barnes Below (24)

Player of the Game

Shin-Soo Choo ruled this game as he did yesterday, but in even more impressive fashion this time. Choo had four hits and scored four times as well. He also hit a solo home run and knocked in another two runs as well. His final score was 9.48, his best game on the season. Lou Marson scored a 6.11 and was a home run away from the cycle as he went 4-5 with a walk, three runs scored and an RBI. Jose Lopez and Asdrubal Cabrera also had scores over 5.50 as they both knocked in and scored at least one run.

Feathers Up

The Indians out hit their performance last night with 19 hits and 11 runs scored during their day game today. Every player made it on base except for Aaron Cunningham (hitless in his last 8 appearances). Even more impressive, 5 different players scored runs (lead by Choo with 4) and 6 different players had RBI (lead by Choo and Lopez with 3 each).

Vinnie Pestano and Tony Sipp both made up for their previous outings where they gave up runs by throwing scoreless innings after the Indians had already run away with the game.

Feathers Down

Josh Tomlin was one player that was not amazing tonight as he threw just 6 innings and allowed 5 runs. He did however earn his fourth win of the season.

The Orioles will have a new DH for tomorrow's game. Indians fans know him well as the man who wouldn't retire when he should have. Jim Thome has officially been traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to Baltimore.

Play of the Game

In the bottom of the second with the score just 2-0 Wilson Betemit lined into a double play after an Adam Jones double. This play was basically the different between last night's game and today's.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 11 - Baltimore Orioles 5

Player of the Game

Shin-Soo Choo won tonight's Player of the Game as he did everything in his power to win this game, but it just wasn't enough. Choo went 3-6 with a run and three RBI including an RBI single in the 9th inning with the Tribe down two. His final score was 4.18. Shelley Duncan and Jason Kipnis also had games with scores over 3.00 as they each provided a large part of the Indians huge offensive outpouring.

Feathers Up

Asdrubal Cabrera hit a home run in his second consecutive game, knocked in a run for his third consecutive game and got a hit in his fourth consecutive game. Cabrera is arguably the most important part of the top part of the lineup and when he is playing well the Indians offense plays well.

The Tribe had their hitting shoes on, as Rick Manning would say as they recorded 16hits during tonight's game. The Indians did a little bit of everything tonight with some strong hits deep into the outfield, some bloop singles and even a couple infield hits including one by Shelley Duncan.

Feathers Down

Lonnie Chisenhall turned into a fastball that broke his right ulna. He will be placed on the disabled list after the game and will likely be out for at least a month. This should make the decision of who to send down for Travis Hafner a lot easier. This really hurts Chisenhall the most as he is the one who broke his arm. Also, this takes playing time away from the young phenom, giving it back to Jack Hannahan and Jose Lopez.

The Indians defense was a little shakey early on tonight as errors by Casey Kotchman and Asdrubal Cabrera lead to three unearned runs. Kotchman also had another bad play that inning on an infield single.

Derek Lowe may have been left in a little too late today as he had already allowed 4 runs (only one earned) and let the first two hitters get aboard with singles. The next batter hit a home run, making it very hard for the Indians to come back.

Play of the Game

Jack 'Hot Corner' Hannahan showed off his quick reflexes as he snagged a line drive to end the 5th inning.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 8 - Baltimore Orioles 9

Roster Update: As previously mentioned, the Indians have officially sent Scott Barnes back to AAA Columbus and brough Zach McAllister back to the Major League roster to start tonight's game.

Player of the Game

A late single by Asdrubal Cabrera put him past five separate players who each scored over 2.00 points. His score of 5.89 was mostly earned in the seventh inning when he put the game away with a three run home run. Other candidates for tonight's award were Johnny Damon, who also hit a three run home run, Shin-Soo Choo who hit a solo shot, Zach McAllister who won his first game back from AAA and Esmil Rogers who pitched two perfect innings in relief. In addition to the single and home run, Cabrera had a fielder's choice that could have been a single had Choo been running and some pretty slick defense at short stop.

Zach McAllister's streak of five straight positive games (every game he has pitched this year) is the second longest active streak on the team behind Chris Perez (6).

Feathers Up

McAllister did what he needed to do to get the Tribe back on track tonight as he pitched into the 6th and only allowed two runs. The Indians really needed some solid starting pitching after terrible starts in each of the last three games. McAllister struck out 6 and only walked one in route to the win.

The bullpen also came through tonight as Joe Smith pitched 1.1 perfect innings and Esmil Rogers followed suit with two of his own. Only once during the current Indians losing streak did the keep the opposing offense from scoring.

The Indians used the long ball as their primary means of scoring tonight as they scored all 7 runs on three different home runs. Cabrera and Damon each hit three run shots and Choo hit a solo home run. The seven runs are the most by the Tribe since June 20th and each home run knocked in more runs than the Indians scored in any game against Houston a series ago.

Feathers Down

Aaron Cunningham hit a scorcher to third base that should have been called a hit, but instead was ruled an error. This prolongs his non-hitting streak as he has now been held hitless over his last six games.

This game contradicted all that negative lefty-lefty stuff I wrote in the series preview.

Play of the Game

Johnny Damon broke out of what has basically been a season long slump with this 3 run home run that gave the Indians a 3 run lead.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 7 - Baltimore Orioles 2

The good news is, Casey Kotchman broke Andy Pettitte's ankle and he will be out for 6 weeks. You can't cheat your way out of a fractured leg. And now for something completely different.

June 28th, 7:05 PM EDT: Zach McAllister, RHP, 1-1, 3.96 ERA vs Wei-Yin Chen, LHP, 7-3, 3.38 ERA

McAllister will be making his triumphant return to the big leagues in place of Jeanmar Gomez this time through the rotation. He is out of luck as the Indians will be facing rookie phenom Wei-Yan Chen who throws with his left hand, thus making him unstoppable. I wish this weren't so, but it has proven infallible that the Indians cannot beat a left handed starting pitcher. With a loss the Tribe would move under .500 for the first time this season since game 9.

June 29th, 7:05 PM EDT: Derek Lowe, RHP, 7-6, 4.28 ERA vs Jake Arrieta, RHP, 3-9, 5.55 ERA

While the rest of the starting rotation has started putting things back together in the month of June, Derek Lowe has allowed them to fall apart. Already in 5 starts this month Lowe has allowed 21 runs and he will get one more in before it is over. Since he was able to hold one of the worst offenses in the National League to just three runs last time out, we can only guess what will happen against the AL East tested offense of the Baltimore Orioles. 

Arrieta currently leads the league in runs allowed and losses, plus he has the all important feature of throwing the ball with his right hand so the Indians have a good chance at this one. They will probably be looking to end their 6 game losing streak by this time and there will be no better time to end it then here.

June 30th, 4:05 PM EDT: Josh Tomlin, RHP, 3-5, 5.70 ERA vs Tommy Hunter, RHP, 3-4, 5.67 ERA

Josh Tomlin got blown up by the Yankees, but who didn't. Let's forgive and forget. Let's forget the whole series ever happened actually. Tomlin threw well in two of the three starts before that game, so he seemed to be getting back on track. Against a much easier foe in a much easier ballpark, Tomlin should be able to find success.

Hunter missed his last start in the rotation and was used in relief against the Orioles on the 26th. He has only pitched 2 innings since June 19th, but has remained on the MLB roster the whole time. He is expected to make this start even though he has been unofficially removed from the rotation.

July 1st, 1:35 PM EDT: Justin Masterson, RHP, 4-7, 4.09 vs Brian Matusz, LHP, 5-9, 5.24

Like every other pitcher, Masterson saw a little regression in New York. He should fare much better this time out against a team that isn't made up of a roster filled with people who were on BALCO's e-mail list.

Like much of Baltimore's pitching staff, Matusz has struggled this season. Lucky for him he will be pitching against the Indians and primarily using his left arm to do so. Hopefully Travis Hafner has been studying left-handers during his time off and will be ready for him so the Tribe can at least make this game interesting.

Possible Roster Moves: There will likely be a few changes to the Indians 25 man roster this series as they will need to make a move to bring up Zach McAllister for game one. Scott Barnes was the most recent addition to the bullpen, so he is an obvious choice, but the Indians are not limited to him. Tony Sipp should also be on a short leash as he has struggled with the long ball this season and the Indians are very deep in left handed relievers. Another move likely to occur before the end of the month is the return of Travis Hafner. Pronk has missed a month already, but is ready to come back as soon as he finishes a short minor league rehab assignment. The return of Hafner will likely see the demotion of an outfielder, possibly Aaron Cunningham or less likely, Shelley Duncan.

Player of the Game

Jason Kipnis and Shelley Duncan battled for today's Player of the Game, but it was Kipnis who squeaked by for the win. Jason Kipnis had 2 singles and an RBI to give him a score of 1.70. Duncan's doubled and had an RBI, giving him a score of 1.68. Kipnis has now won a team-high 9 PoGs this season.

Feathers Up

The Indians took an early 1-0 lead when Carlos Santana reached on a throwing error by Alex Rodriguez. He came around to score on a Shelley Duncan double.

Joe Smith pitched a strong inning out of the bullpen, facing the minimum 3 batters and striking out 2 of them.

The Indians are leaving New York.

Feathers Down

Tribe batters struck out 12 times today and only walked 3 times. The first 4 batters in the line up (Michael Brantley, Asdrubal Cabrera, Jason Kipnis, and Jose Lopez) accounted for 8 of the team's strike outs, with Lopez leading the team with 3.

The Indians hit better today than they have in recent games, but they are still not producing enough runs to win a game. Starter Ubaldo Jimenez did not pitch a great game, but he pitched well enough to keep his team in the game.

Play of the Game

Shelley Duncan's double was the only Indians extra base hit today.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 4 - New York Yankees 5

Player of the Game

Maybe it's a good thing that Jack Hannahan was ejected tonight. His replacement, Jose Lopez, took advantage of his only at bat with a 3-run home run in the 9th inning. In just one at bat, Lopez scored 5.75 points, winning him his 6th Player of the Game and his 2nd in 3 games.

Feathers Up

The Indians did not get shut out due to a rally in the top of the 9th inning. The Indians decided to finally start hitting very late in the game. They only had 6 hits going into the inning and added 4 more hits and put 4 runs on the board, avoiding the shut out and forcing the Yankees to bring in their closer.

Feathers Down

Justin Masterson was not the same pitcher that he had been his last 3 starts. He lacked command tonight and the Yankees took advantage of their opportunities. Masterson had thrown 58 pitches by the end of the 2nd inning. To his credit, though, Jack Hannahan did not make a play that he should have, which prolonged the inning. Masterson ended the day pitching 6 innings, giving up 4 runs on 7 singles.

The Yankees got another call in their favor when Jack Hannahan hit a foul ball into the first row down the third base line. Left fielder, Dewayne Wise, obviously did not catch the ball, but because he came up from his stumble into the seats with the ball, Hannahan was called out. This was the best scoring opportunity the Indians had before the 9th inning with a runner on third, but the rally was quickly ended with a horribly blown call. It's okay, though because the Yankees announcer got a good laugh from it.

Play of the Game

Dewayne Wise makes a "catch" in foul territory. Jack Hannahan saw a replay later in the game, which eventually led to his ejection.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 4 - New York Yankees 6

Roster Update: As predicted in the Astros series preview, Jeanmar Gomez was sent back to AAA after struggling in Houston. For the time being Scotty Barnes has been called up and will be used in the bullpen, but Zach McAllister is scheduled to take his place this Thursday in Baltimore. Gomez started the season out playing well as almost every other starting pitcher struggled, but he has fallen off some as of late as the other pitchers are starting to come around.

Barnes will be looking to make up for his last outing as he gave up 5 runs while only recording one out. He was solid in all his other relief appearances for the Indians and has played well for the Clippers as well, so it should turn out that that one outing against Cincinnati was an aberration and not what to expect from the real Scott Barnes.

Player of the Game

Esmil Rogers won his first Player of the Game of the year as he an inning and a third and only allowed one more batter than the minimum. Rogers struck out two and stranded a runner at third when he first came in the game. His final score was 1.78. In fact, every member of the bullpen that pitched tonight had a score over one, but it wasn't enough to overcome Josh Tomlin's score of -9.08.

Feathers Up

Scott Barnes pitched well as he threw 2.2 innings in long relief after Josh Tomlin was removed from the game early. Barnes gave up a single run, but struck out three and only gave up one hit.

Feathers Down

Going into this game Michael Brantley had only a single hit against the Yankees and Josh Tomlin had never given up a home run to a Yankee hitter. Neither of those are true anymore. Thanks to the Yankees announcers at YES for repeating these things over and over during the first 3 innings.

Casey Kotchman had a bad night tonight, mostly noticeable because the players ahead of him had slightly better games. Kotchman went 0-4 with 3 runners stranded in scoring position. He also ended the game with an easy ground out.

Play of the Game

Casey Kotchman had a slick looking double play.

Final Score: Cleveland Indians 1 - New York Yankees 7

Last year I posted this attempt to get Indians fans to the polls (website) to vote for their favorite Indians to be in the All-Star game. I waited this long to write one this season because it simply doesn't matter. The Indians only have a few players worthy of an All-Star spot and only two of those play in positions you can vote for. In both of these positions they are being blocked by Yankees who they are arguably better then. The difference between the top Yankee and the nearest Indian: about 2.5 million votes. Go ahead and vote your 50 times, but remember each time you do there are 50,000 Yankee fans doing the same thing. With the system set up the way it is the Indians are likely never to have another All-Star starter. Even if they don't get voted in, here are the Tribe players that deserve a spot on this year's squad.

Asdrubal Cabrera

Derek Jeter has played better this season than last, and Asdrubal Cabrera has played worse, but there shouldn't be much question about which one is currently the superior short stop. Last season Jeter pulled himself out of the game as he believes himself to good for All-Stars and it allowed Cabrera to start as he should have been voted for in the first place. This year, 2.57 million votes separate the Yankee captain from the young Venezuelan. Cabrera currently leads all AL shortstops in OBP, SLG, and OPS and is second in home runs (to J.J. Hardy who has no chance of making the team),  RBI (to Mike Aviles who has little chance of making the team), and doubles (also to Aviles). The leading vote getter has managed a .305 batting average (top for all AL shortstops) mostly by hitting singles. Jeter has 92 hits, but only 19 of them have been for extra bases compared to Cabrera with 72 hits, 27 beings for extra bases. Playing in the powerful Yankee lineup has allowed Jeter to rack up some impressive run totals as well, but Asdrubal has played a much more important role on his team in the number two and three spots in the lineup. In total production Asdrubal leads as well with 60 runs created (R + RBI - HR) to Jeter's 58. Another player that has not been mentioned, but is also deserving of a spot (and more deserving than Jeter) is the Rangers Elvis Andrus. Andrus leads the group in runs scored, triples and steals and is tied with Asdrubal in doubles. He leads all short stops in runs created with 72.

Vinnie Pestano

Slightly more deserving, but less likely to make the team is Vinnie Pestano. Pestano leads the majors in holds and has the third best ERA (1.86) and second best WHIP (1.00) among the American Leagues top ten set-up men. Of course fans cannot vote for pitchers, so he will have to be chosen by the American League players and coaches, but they do tend to pick one or two set up men per season. Currently he is pitching better than all but about four closers (one of which I will write about later) so he definitely has an outside chance at the team. With a current K/9 of 10.86 there are no other late inning relievers in Pestano's class.

Jason Kipnis

This is one match-up where the Yankees have a little bit of an argument. Currently Ian Kinsler (Texas) leads Robinson Cano in the voting at second base even though Cano is above Kinsler in almost every statistical category. Both players are almost 2 million votes ahead of Kipnis however and he is just as deserving as either. Kipnis currently leads all AL second basemen in steals (4 more than Kinsler and has been caught 4 less times), and RBI. He is second in home runs (to Cano), triples (to Jemile Weeks) and is third in runs scored behind both Kinsler and Cano. Kipnis has been the driving force behind the Indians offense all season long. His low batting average (.276) may keep some voters away, but it really shows what he has been able to do with the hits he has gotten. Kipnis has also been amazing with the glove this season and he leads all the All-Star candidates with a .991 fielding percentage (just 3 errors in 329 total chances. A solid second baseman is a key succeeding with to the way the Indians have their starting rotation set-up and Kipnis has been more than spectacular. Kipnis has a fairly good chance at making the All-Star team as a reserve or being on the final vote ballot that will be announced after the teams are decided.

Chris Perez

 One of the closers who could be considered better than Pestano is the Indians own Chris Perez. Perez made the All-Star team last year and pitched a single inning, allowing one hit and recording a strike out. Perez currently leads the world in saves and is only 13 shy of his total for all of last year. He has also dropped his ERA from last season almost a full run (to 2.54) and has only blown one save, his first attempt of the season. This gives him a streak of 23 straight saves. His WHIP has also improved this year and is even slightly better than Pestano at 0.99. Both he and Pestano are the absolute best at what they do right now. If the Indians only get one All-Star this year, it will be Chris Perez.