Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals
Friday, September 30, 2016. 8:10 p.m. ET. Kauffman Stadium
TV: STO
Radio: WTAM
This situation is thus: the Indians can host the Red Sox if they outplay them this weekend. Or they can host the Wild Card winner if many favorable things happen. But at the same time, this goal is balanced by the need to keep the remaining front-line pitchers healthy, and so the Indians are going to try to win this last handful of regular season games without really trying to win them.
The Royals were eliminated from playoff contention a couple days ago, and so they are playing the kids, so to speak. But then again, the Indians are sending Ryan Merritt to the mound, so there really isn't any advantage.