Perspective

What else would you expect from a blog called Cleveland Indians Perspective?

So some random thoughts to put the season so far in, dare I say it, perspective.

1. Anyone who thinks the Twins are going away is, in my opinion, sadly mistaken.   For diehard Tribe fans the race between the Indians and the Twins will cause them to have a large infestation of gray hair, especially if second place teams in the AL East (probable) and AL West (not as likely but still possible) start putting up great records.

2. The starting pitching, right now in this snapshot in time, is performing at levels that even I can't believe.

3. The bullpen is holding together but I still am not sold on these guys, outside of Miller and Allen.  Still, so far they ALL look like we could have a solid, bullpen again.   Unless McAllister comes around, however, the 7th inning guy in the post-season may end up being dicey.

4. The weather has been so bad in the minors that it is hard to tell what is going on so far.  Still, the pitching has been outstanding in spots.   Bieber and Civale have been as advertised and that is a great thing as they don't appear to have missed a beat since over the winter into this season.  Plutko's start tonight was a good sign and I really think Zach Plesac is the sleeper prospect of the year.  I like Will Benson, too.   He has looked more relaxed and more mature this season and I expect him to put up big numbers as he continues up the steep part of his learning curve.  Again, though, numbers at low A, for some reason, can be deceiving as far as hitting goes.

5. We still need another right handed powerhitting outfielder.

6. If Naquin and Zimmer could only catch the lightning in the bottle from their hot ML starts two years ago and last year, repectively, and keep it going through the entire season this year, we would be looking more like the WS team from the AL.   But those are big ifs.

7. I was, and maybe still am, what the Yankees found last year with Lindor and Ramirez has been taken up by the rest of the league.   Both have showed life recently but it was really scary to watch the postseason last year and see essentially the same results the first two weeks of the season this year.  Let's hold our breaths and keep all of our fingers crossed that last postseason and the first two weeks of this season are purely coincidentally, non-related to reality, whatever that means.

8.  I wonder if baseball players (or their accountants, actually) have as little fun doing their taxes as I do?

9.  I didn't win the Megamillions jackpot....again...so I will be back here tomorrow.