CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There isn't a strong correlation between winning in the winter months and winning the following October.
That doesn't mean a few roster tweaks, a nip here and a tuck there, can't help the cause. The Indians and Red Sox completed the most dramatic acquisitions this offseason, but both teams were already plotting a postseason course. Boston dealt for ace Chris Sale, and it shipped off one of the league's top prospects, Yoan Moncada, to do it. Cleveland ordered a Brinks truck to Edwin Encarnacion's driveway, a rare, hefty financial commitment to a free agent by Indians ownership.