By Mark Warmuth
After being swept in the 2018 American League Division Series by the Houston Astros, the front office of the Cleveland Indians developed a plan.
They looked at the roster, which featured a starting lineup of position players all over the age of 30, with the exception of the team’s two stars–Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez.
We believe they felt the hitting was incapable of improvement except for the pair of young players, and so they set out on making the roster younger.
Oh yeah, at the same time, ownership wanted them to cut the payroll.