For the second consecutive winter, the Cleveland Indians‘ top brass have evidently constructed their offseason plans around the expectation that the rest of the American League Central will resemble Danny Glover’s California Angels before Christopher Lloyd began intervening.
Most of the noteworthy roster changes thus far have been subtractions, save for the acquisitions of Carlos Santana and Jake Bauers (which, of course, also included subtractions). The Indians have spent no real money to retain their own free agents, nor to reel in new ones.
Indians’ upper management has sent a clear and resounding message to the fan base (albeit by saying and doing next to nothing at all): The American League Central is still a circus and we are good enough to win it as currently constructed, even though we saw firsthand last year what a questionable strategy that is.