Close your eyes.
Picture the best part of the 2021 Cleveland baseball team.
Is it Francisco Lindor? Go back, you’re in the dream too deep. Wake up.
Ok, close your eyes again.
Is it the pitching staff? Good, correct, that’s the obvious answer. Is it an angelic silhouette of Shane Bieber emblazoned across a sun-splashed morning sky? That’s even more correct.
The 2021 Cleveland baseball team will go as far as their pitchers will carry them. Maybe a few breakouts will help them ascend higher, but without Shane Bieber and friends proving they can seamlessly make the jump from 60 games to 162 games, this team is in trouble.