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Justin Masterson, what could have been and never really was

There was a time not that long ago when the Cleveland Indians didn't have a three-headed demon dragon fronting their starting rotation. Just a few years ago even, when the Tribe was still digging itself out of self-imposed exile in the wastelands of 90 losses, The ace of the staff was not a suspected cyborg, but a 6 foot 6 Jamaican man. Yes, Justin Masterson, he of the bowling ball sinker, incredible socks, and general gigantism. For a brief moment, Masterson looked like the first blip in the rise of the Cleveland Indians. Then, just like that, he was gone, traded to the St.