These aren't the Cleveland Indians from a few years ago. This team has been gutted by trades, from Cy Young winners C.C. Sabathia and Cliff Lee to dealing Victor Martinez to the Boston Red Sox. The 2010 edition of the Cleveland Indians will be very young and not very deep.
Pitching
Lee threw 22 games for the Indians last year before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies, and if you take away his efforts, then this team had a 5.75 ERA. Overall they were second-to-last in the majors with a 5.06 team ERA, so this year things could get ugly on the mound.
Fausto Carmona is the team's top hurler, but after posting ERAs of 5.44 and 6.32 the last two seasons, fans can't be excited about that. Justin Masterson, who came over from Boston in the Martinez t ...
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