“Sports illustrated is reporting that the Indians have been fielding offers about Cliff Lee. They have been fielding offers from the Phillies, Dodgers, Mets and Rangers. The Indians want prospects for Lee and it looks like the Rangers have the best group of prospects to offer the Indians. The Rangers have Derek Holland and Neftali Feliz to tempt the Indians. If the Rangers were to trade for Lee they would need the Indians to pick up the remaining 6 million dollars of Lee’s 2009 Contract. The Phillies also have some prospects for the Indians, prospect pitcher Kyle Drabek could be enticing for the Indians. The Mets and Dodgers do not have the depth in prospects that the Indians may want to get the deal done.”

Lee will be expensive and I doubt we will offer enough to get him.

I will admit that this pitching staff does not fill me with confidence. Never did really. I like Bills and thought he was ready to step in as our ace but after that….. I was not sure at all. As most of you know I like Broxton, but the 7th and 8th inning worried me because frankly I didn’t know those guys.

I do believe we will hit better when Manny returns but I just don’t know what to do about this pitching staff. I would like to get a front line starter but it will be costly. I don’t want anymore retreads but that will probably be what we get.

We didn’t lose any ground in June did we? Summer now begins, and it is going to be long, extremely hot and this team will get tested. It is going to be interesting to see what the Jed and Frankie team does at the deadline.

The sky isn’t falling, but it’s getting cloudy.

I keep thinking of last years beat down by the Philly’s and it appeared to me that our starting staff was the weak link of the team. It would take a huge turnaround by Kershaw putting him in Ace caliber status to change my mind about our starters. YES Mark, we do have the best record in baseball currently but we probably won’t be saying that too much longer.