Let's Go Tribe: For Cleveland Indians Fans

Bad calls, Carlos Santana's big bat, previewing the 25-man playoff roster, what do with the fifth rotation spot, a reluctant Twins preview, listener questions, and much more! Check us out on letsgotribe.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Personal stories of attending Indians games, playoff odds, Indians rotation going forward, and a Rangers preview. Check us out on letsgotribe.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brandon Guyer's place on the Indians, Danny Salazar's slow recovery, a Toronto Blue Jays preview, your social media questions, and much more. Check us out on letsgotribe.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been a weird week for Indians baseball, which means a lot of weird things to talk about. Even outside of the Indians, baseball in a state of upheaval with the impending retirements of Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez, and Prince Fielder. But hey, at least Tim Tebow is here to save us all.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Let's Talk Tribe, Matt and Jason discuss the busy trade deadline, including that deal that didn't get done. They also talk about the pitiful Twins series and if it's worth getting freaked out about and preview the upcoming series against the Yankees with Tanya Bondurant of SB Nation's Pinestripe Alley.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's been way too long since we have had a good 'old fashioned discussion about Indians prospects, so now is that time. With the help of Let's Go Tribe writers Brian Hemminger, Matt Schlicthing and special guest Emily Waldon, we breakdown all the prospects that matter, how they could impact the trade deadline, and who could be an impactful major-league player in the future.  Don't miss this episode.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt and Jason discuss the sudden emergence of Tyler Naquin, Jason travels to another dimension where he gets to experience a Jonathan Lucroy trade first-hand, and a whole bunch of listener questions about the trade deadline get answered.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt and Jason reflect on the All-Star game, Yan Gomes' terrible first-half, and talk about Pokemon GO for 20 minutes straight. This week's episode clocks in at 64 minutes. Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you solve a problem like Yan Gomes? No one knows for sure, but the solution should probably involve Roberto Perez and his surgically-repaired thumb.  Matt and special guest host Matt Schlichting (who is filling in for a vacationing Jason) ponder the current Indians roster and look ahead to how it could change after the All-Star break.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Let's Talk Tribe, Matt and Jason discuss the wonderful week of baseball the Indians gave us, the idea of a 30-dinger hitting batter for the first time in almost a decade, and the merits of hitting Juan Uribe in the nuts every six days. It's not as crazy as it sounds.  Brandon Day from blessyouboys.com also joins us to preview the upcoming series against the Tigers and talk about the golden, magical calves of one Mr. Mike Aviles.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Let's Talk Tribe, Matt and Jason discuss the depressing week's worth of games, including just how bad Yan Gomes and Bryan Shaw have been. It's not all bad, however, as the draft wrapped up on Saturday and the Tribe have a fresh batch of players for fans to track over the next several years and we also got to celebrate the anniversay or Francisco Lindor's call-up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you prepared for the 2016 MLB Draft? If you are not (and you happen to be an Indians fan) you are in the right place! Scout.com's lead draft expert Jeff Ellis joins us to dsicuss the draft and to give us an idea of what to expect from the Tribe when they are up with the 14th overall pick in the first round.  Outside of draft talk, Matt and Jason discuss the wonderful week of games that we were able to watch over the last couple of series. In particular, they discuss the emergence of Tyler Naquin, how Marlon Byrd will not really be missed, and how awful cream jerseys are*. We also take a couple of your soecial media questions, including a White Sox fan desperate to get himself a piece of Francisco Lindor. No, you cannot have him.  *this is a fact. They are awful. Don't listen to Jason or Craig Clacaterra.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week's episode of Let's Talk Tribe, Matt and Jason discuss Cody Anderson's great start, Mike Clevinger's less-than-great start, Jose Ramirez's REAL NICKNAME, and Mark Brown from Camden Chat helps preview the weekend's Orioles series.  * * * Check us out LetsGoTribe.com. Follow us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We are happy to welcome special guest and Let's Go Tribe writer Phil Kehres to the show this week to discuss oh so many fun Indians things. For one, the Tribe have absolutely dominated the Cincinnati Reds, but how much can we really trust that stats we get from a series such as this? More importantly, how will the Indians do in their upcoming rough series of games against the Red Sox, the White Sox, and the Orioles?  We also discuss Mike Clevinger's debut, our worry levels for Corey Kluber, Joba Chamberlain's greatness, and Phl is a closet Yankee fan. He'll admit it eventually.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just win several games in row... is that too much to ask, Indians? After another back-and-forth week of baseball, the Tribe finds themselves barely clinging to a .500 record. Even worse, some people in the world still don't know what constitutes a good nickname. Matt and Jason and are here to discuss both topics, as well as get to the bottom of Cody Anderson's problems this season (Hint: everything about him has been terrible).  We also welcome special guest Brandon Warne, Cold Omaha's Minnesota Twins beat reporter and someone that Matt has followed on Twitter longer than he can remember. He helps preview the Twins series, complete with a breakdown of just what has gone wrong in the Twin Cities to this point.  Thanks to @hiramboyd and @mikejschaefer for the Twitter questions, as well as Matt McFee on Facebook. If your question did not get answered in today's episode, be sure to check our Facebook page for an archive of Tyler Griffith's live Q&A where he answered some of the ones we did not get a chance

What an emotional rollercoaster this past week was. First, then Cleveland Indians were swept by the Philadelphia Phillies, then they come back in the last series and look brilliant against the Detroit Tigers again. That gave Jason and I plenty to talk about in this week's episode. We touch on Michael Brantley's return to dominance in the series against the Tigers, as well as Chisenhall's failure to do the same. On the same note, we also talk about how great Carlos Santana has been (again), whether he is leading off or not. When it comes to the All-Star game, Francisco Lindor will be the American League's starting shortstop. At least one of thinks that *cough* not Jason *cough*. And, finally, Royals Review managing editor Max Rieper joins us to preview the upcoming series against the Royals. With him we discuss expectations for the Royals and when Salvador Perez's knees will turn to shreds with all his playing time. This week's episode clocks in at 55 minutes. Thanks for listening! Learn more about your a

Jason and I had a brief break last week, but Let's Talk Tribe is BACK. We had a lot to discuss this week, some of it good, quite a bit of it bad. The Cleveland Indians swept the Detroit Tigers but made the Minnesota Twins look like a powerhouse. Does it matter?  We also wonder what the heck the Tribe will do with their fifth starter position. Cody Anderson is apparently going to get some more starts in the majors (grumble grumble), but what about after that? Could it be Mike Clevinger or Ryan Merritt's turn to debut? Or maybe TJ House gets another shot?  This week's episode clocks in at 55 minutes. Thanks for listening! Special thanks Intro and outro music: I'm A Machine by Glass LuxQuestions from @StanFinger and @FakeMWeisgarber on Twitter and Reid Shoop, Daron Kimmet, and Bill King Waff Cooper on Facebook.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of these weeks the Cleveland Indians will play a full week's worth of games. Well, that was not last week, so we only had five games to talk about. Luckily, a lot happened in those games -- and a lot happened in the minor leagues -- so we had plenty to talk about.  Joining us on today's episode is fellow Let's Go Tribe writer, Matt Schlichting! He introduces us to a new way to see Jerry Sands, as well as the concept of a Rock and Roll pitcher -- a classification that fits Indians starter Cody Anderson perfectly.  The three of us also look ahead to the upcoming series against the New York Mets. They have been pretty terrible so far, and we can only hope their struggles continues for another three days.  Social media questions today run from wondering why Jesus Aguilar isn't being called up to the all important question of "....Collin Cowgill?"  This week's episode clocks in at 59 minutes. Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rain or no rain, some real baseball has finally been played in 2016. One game went the way the Cleveland Indians wanted, the other one... not so much. Jason and I go in-depth with the first two games of the 2016 season, as well as look ahead to the next series in Chicago against the White Sox.  In particular, we talk about what happened in the first two games, what matters in them, and what doesn't actually matter (like the fact that Corey Kluber and Carlos Carrasco didn't look great).  Since this is the first week of the season, we also take several Facebook and Twitter questions, including my own personal weather machine and comparing Mike Napoli to Giovanny Urshela for some weird reason. More importantly to the Indians right now, why doesn't MLB just put all the southern teams as the home teams in April? We have our own theories.  This week's episode clocks in at 50 minutes. Thanks for listening! Special thanks Intro and outro music: I'm A Machine by Glass LuxQuestions from @330in513, @MattSchlichting

Are you ready for predictions?!? Opening Day is just  mere hours away at this point, so that means it's time to start giving more of our predictions that will probably be wrong. Last week we answered some random questions about what could happen in 2016, and this week we're giving our full predictions for the AL Central standings as well as our World Series picks.  We also discuss the Cleveland Indians' current roster situation and laugh at how bad the Baltimore Orioles are going to be, despite all the money they spent this offseason. So terrible. So, so terrible.  This week's episode clocks in at 45 minutes. Thanks for listening! Special thanks Intro and outro music: I'm A Machine by Glass LuxQuestions from @APV2600 on Twitter and Lynn Francis Aponte on Facebook Feedback form If you would like to help Let's Talk Tribe improve, please take a minute to take our feedback survey and let us know what we can do better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices