Not all is completely lost for the season with the Cleveland Indians and their 31-35 record. Of course, with the team’s starting pitching, anything might be possible down the stretch of the final 96 games. But one key might just be better situational hitting.

For years, folks in the sabermetric community have railed against stats like runs batted in because they’re not that indicative of true offensive performance. Often, it’s just luck associated with at-bats with runners in scoring position, and small-sample success with runners in scoring position. Unfortunately, the Indians are on the complete opposite side of that coin right now.

MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian tweeted out these incredible stats on Friday night:

Since May 1, Indians have hit .224 with RISP and .265 in all other situations. Since June 1, .194 RISP vs. .275 in other scenarios. — Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) June 20, 2015

Entering today, Indians ranked 1st in MLB with .751 OPS with bases empty. But ranked 26th with RISP (.675) and 28th with men on (.686). Huh? — Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) June 20, 2015

To be even more specific, that minus .065 OPS drop-off with bases empty and runners on base would rank as the second-worst since 1990. It’s pretty bad.

Here are the specific Indians players, entering Friday, as sorted by the worst individual offenders:

When eight of the team’s 13 regulars have an OPS 160 points worse with runners on base … that might be a problem when trying to score more runs. Michael Brantley continues to shine in this stat, while Jose Ramirez has since been demoted to the minors. And Jason Kipnis and Ryan Raburn are very close to evenly split after that.

The statistical side of me wants to say the Indians are due for regression to the mean with situational hitting. There’s no way they can continue to be as flip-sided as they’ve been in June. But the pessimist in me is always curious. What is it that makes Brantley such a clutch hitter? Is it possible the rest of the team has a trait for the opposite? This will certainly be one fascinating thing to watch over the coming weeks and months.