That search begins now with the official start to Major League Baseball's offseason.
Upgrading the lineup is Cleveland's top priority, but the Tribe will be looking at a variety of ways -- mostly via the trade route -- in order to improve its roster.
"We'll definitely look to try to improve offensively," said Chris Antonetti, Indians vice president of baseball operations. "We'll look to try to improve our pitching staff, too, but I think we have more work to do on our position-player side maybe than we do on the pitching side. It's easy to sit here in the offseason and make up a wish list of things we'd like to have.