We now know who we are

 Logan Allen a little shaky but pulled it together.

Triston McKenzie with electric stuff he still needs to control

Other starters and relievers will be solid this year

and...

a bunch of guys who can't hit.

All you have to do is look at two scores today:

Twins 15  Tigers 1 (through 8 1/2 innings) 

This is what a good team does to the Tigers.

Yeah, the Tigers scored 5 in the bottom of the 9th but, still.

Kansas City 3  Cleveland 0

The Indians did this to themselves.   Or should I say the management did this to the the players on the field.

We didn't get enough for Lindor/Carrasco

We didn't flip any of our middle infield prospects to get prospects at different positions (like outfield)

We didn't trade Ahmed Rosario and gamble that Gimenez/Chang would be sufficient to at least hold forth this year until other MIF prospects arrived.

We had holes to fill and we didn't fill them.   Can we fill them this winter?  Yes, after we waste a whole year on control over all of our good players and $55 million in salary.  

We will be lucky to be .500 this year.   Extremely lucky and if it happens it will only be because we have a great manager who, unfortunately, is being hamstrung by a front office who is being hamstrung by a cheap owner.

But, assuming there are no drastic changes in the rules in the next few years, the Indians are set to field a team of really good shortstops in the future.   Here's the alignment they plan to use to maximize their strengths.

I think this could be revolutionary!  At least it is more to look forward to then watching Gamel and Bauers flail pathetically.

Oh, when people tell you how lucky we are to have had all these winning seasons in a row, why don't you google up the St. Louis Cardinals and how many winning records they have had in a row and in the last 20 years.