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2019 Indians thread

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Maybe the worst looking lineup in the majors, a really weak bullpen, maybe the best starting 5 in mlb. What kind of a screwed up team is this? Management chopped about $50million off the payroll at the request of new ownership. What should have been a cakewalk to a 4th straight divisional title seems likely to end up way below .500.
When Lindor comes back from his injuries, I think I would bat Lindor, Santana, and Ramirez 1,2,and 3 because no one else in that lineup is worthy of being an everyday major leaguer, let alone starting for a team who has been dominant over the last 3 seasons. Maybe they can produce some runs if they are bunched together. Right now they are easy to pitch around.
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Opening Day payroll for the Indians only went down $15M, according to Cots baseball contracts.
I think mid-to-upper 80s wins the division and the Indians should have enough pitching to stay competitive.
In the end the Indians made some difficult decisions to not retain useful players because of their potential salaries.
It also doesn’t help when ownership is spewing nonsensical lies about how they “lose money every year.”
https://923thefan.radio.com/articles/cleveland-indians-owner-paul-dolan-says-team-losing-money
Forbes reported $284M in revenue and $31M in operating income (for 2017). Not to mention, the value of the team has increased $700M since buying it from Dick Jacobs.
https://www.forbes.com/teams/cleveland-indians/#233e8c526ef3