Matt Provenzano at Beyond the Boxscore notes that the Indians picked a good season to take a step backward.
The thing is, though… the Indians are actually considerably worse. After their 102-win/108-Pythagorean win season last season, their projected win total of “just” 91 wins should be of alarm. Imagine if any other contending dropped by a projected 11 wins from one year to the next? That’s a playoff-contender-to-even-record drop, so it’s worth investigating even if, as I’ve noted, it has almost no impact on playoff odds.
The front line talent is still very good, and they’ve done this well without much from Andrew Miller. Cleveland does not need to rush Miller back, so they can make sure he’s totally healthy for the playoffs.
from baseballmusings.com https://ift.tt/2IlTApf
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