The Cleveland Indians finished last season with a 65-97 record, good for fourth place in the American League Central. While I expect marginal improvement this season, there are too many questions to suggest anything better than a last place finish for The Tribe in 2010.
Poor performance, injuries, and a lack of talent cost former manager Eric Wedge his job. Numerous issues are confronting new manager Manny Acta—not the least of which is a continuing dearth of major-league-ready talent. That’s not to say that GM Mark Shapiro hasn’t done a good job of acquiring future potential, but it will take a couple of years for those moves to pay off. In the interim, Acta has to find a way to produce wins or he may follow Wedge into unemployment.
In my opinion, ALL of the troubling is ...
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2010 AL Central Preview: Tribe Tribulations Abound in Cleveland
Posted: 2nd April 2010 by Jeffrey Brown in MLBComments Off on 2010 AL Central Preview: Tribe Tribulations Abound in Cleveland