Thoughts on Tribe

Cleveland: If they can get Sizemore back soon, and/or SS Asdrubal Cabrera, their team will instantly become a contender in the very very average AL Central. Jamey Carroll should not be playing everyday, but because of Cabrera's injury, he is. If Cabrera comes back they can shift Luis Valbuena to second, and bench Carroll for spot play.
If Sizemore comes back. they can put Ben Francisco on the bench, or move him to leftfield. If they put him in left, they can move LF/3b Mark Derosa to either second or third, and possibly bench Valbuena, who is a zero at the plate right now. You add the defense of Cabrera and the offense and defense of Sizemore, and there is no reason this team can't get back to .500 before the All-Star Break. Assuming the Tigers and Twins continue their mercurial play, neither will be much more than .500 at the break. So if the Indians get to the break even mark, they will presumably be about 3-4 games out of first, which is nothing in today's unbalanced intra-divisional schedule. A lot of big ifs, but possible. Also, righty Jake Westbrook is going to come back from Tommy John surgery soon. He cannot possibly be any worse than Jeremy Sowers.

The biggest problem with the Indians for the 2.5 months of the 09 season is the bullpen. They have blown small and huge leads. They have blown home and road leads. Unless moves are made in that pen, they won't win the division. However, they have a shot to get back in it, and once that happens, you never know.