I am not concered about this offense. I think its has some good potential but young guys like Valbuena, Brantley, LaPorta etc will need to be somewhat consistent.

The reason Cleveland will be terrible is the pitching.

Exactly, still don't understand trading Lee with a year left on his contract. Especially for what we got in return . This trade has a chance to go down as one of the worst in Tribe history.

That trade made NO baseball sense. It was a salary dump by an owner who wouldn't take the financial hit to keep his team competitive. It is clear that Shapiro was given orders to make the best trade he could, but Lee's salary was going to be dumped regardless....as was anybody who cost significant dollars that was tradable.

They are going to lose a lot of games 12 to 5. 5 being enough runs to keep you in most games if you have solid pitching.