Over at MLB Trade Rumors Tim Dierkes has a team round up for the Indians which is mostly all of their salary commitments. A couple of other notes he makes however are quite interesting. Most of you know that the Indians are one of my favorite teams this year and I think they can be a World Series Contender, as does Tim.
He notes:
- The Indians infield probably took a hit defensively but an improved season from Jhonny Peralta could balance that out.
- The Offense will be top 5 in the AL again and if Hafner can put together a full season they could be second to the Yankees.
- The Pitching can put together a top 5 rotation in the AL this year and is certainly top 7-10.
- The Bullpen is the biggest question going into the season with Joe Borowski as the closer.
- The team has a ton of depth and will have to leave some major league ready talent in AAA to start the year.
Credit Mark Shapiro for assembling such a good and young team for only 60MM.