In June 2010, the Indians held the #5 pick in the draft and were widely expected to take one of the top college lefties. They did, choosing Drew Pomeranz. Eight picks later the White Sox snapped up Chris Sale.
In July 2011, the Indians deluded themselves into thinking they were contenders, and traded Pomeranz and Alex White to the Rockies for Ubaldo Jimenez.
In May 2012, Chris Sale held the Indians to three hits and one run over six innings, while Ubaldo Jimenez made 20+ pitches in four consecutive innings and coughed up 7 runs to the White Sox in 4 2/3. This was not a fun time to be a Tribe fan.
In the second, Cleveland had trouble catching popups. Alejandro de Aza got a double on a pop up that dropped between Jason Donald and Asdrubal Cabrera, and later in the inning AJ Pierzynski’s pop dropped uncaught on or near the pitcher’s mound. The bases were loaded with one out, though, so the infield fly rule was in effect (“IF” indicates that it was an uncaught infield fly – I don’t note that the umpire called an infield fly if the catch is completed – with putout credited to Cabrera).
The top five spots in the Cleveland batting order combined to go 0-20 reaching base. The bottom four went 9-16.
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