When the post-season begins the Tribe has Corey Kluber, Trevor Bauer, Josh Tomlin and rookie Mike Clevinger. Bauer has been hit hard lately, Tomlin had to miss time to figure out his home run pitches and I don't think Clevinger has pitched more than five innings in any start.

The team is going to have to score a lot of runs to advance in the playoffs. We need a Mr. October to blast some home runs and  at least a few guys to hit and keep hitting. Maybe this is where Coco Crisp will find his youth and get some key base hits.

Did anybody notice that Brian Dozier of the Twins has hit forty home runs? He is right behind Mark Trumbo who has forty-three. How many guys are going to wind up with forty homers plus, and over 100 RBI's? I think most of the Red Sox starting lineup has 100 or close to it. An exaggeration, but it has really been the year of the hitter. A few years ago teams were looking for players that could hit twenty-five homers and knock in eighty -five runs. The ante surely has been raised!

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