A few nice folks feel we're just "Good Health" away from being the best team in the ever improving AL Central. This ranking serves as a warning to seeing our players through navy-colored glasses. An ixnayed Trevor Larnach trade is only one indicator. How does the rest of MLb view us? I guess we're in for a rude awakening.
It's still a valid point that good pitching wins and Lopez and Ryan aren't taken into account. Poor defense and offense is honestly what has dogged this team all year. We could, could, go all off-season and not add one starting pitcher, instead finding better versions of Royce Lewis, Josh Bell, and Trevor Larnach, and add ten wins to our record. A better Taylor Rogers or Tommy Nance would add a few more. Maybe we already have that in Hoffman and Raya.