Since I am bored and not everything has started yet for the roster, let's go with who we lost and brought in..
Indians are bringing back majority of a 93 win team. People are complaining we didn't do very much this off season but honestly the Indians were one of the better teams in the second half of the season. There isn't any point of looking at the roster from the start of last season, but from the trade deadline of last year is where I will start.
Key Departures from July to now:
Pitchers- Bauer, Kluber, Clippard, Otero, Anderson, Salazar
Position players- 2B Kipnis, OF Puig, C Haase, C Plawecki,
Honestly Otero, Anderson and Salazar we could easily live without. Otero wasn't all that strong last year, but was a good clubhouse guy. Anderson and Salazar just dont have it anymore anyways. Clippard was a good find for the team last season, but he was a soft thrower which the Indians bullpen was full of. Kluber barely pitched last season and really only Bauer and Clippard had any significant roles played last season. Bauer we all know was a talent with too many quirks to handle.
When it comes to position players, Kipnis was a clubhouse leader with so-so on field production, on paper his stats were replaceable and the league felt it too since he took a minor league offer. Plawecki and Haase both are solid catchers, but neither are great catchers. I have a hunch they will both have good seasons, but we didn't lose much on paper. Puig everyone seemed to hate losing but honestly he was an AVG guy not a power guy for Cleveland.
Now we go to additions from July on-
Pitchers- Clase, Karinchak, Moss, Logan Allen, Wood, Civale,
Position players- OF/DH Reyes, OF/DH Domingo Santana, C Leon, 2B Cesar Hernandez, Util Arroyo, Util Velazquez (if he gets outrighted) OF DeShields,
On paper the pitching doesnt look as good as having Kluber and Bauer, but honestly Civale having 9 out of 10 starts giving up 2 runs or less really showed some talent. Also Allen and Moss are left handed starters which the Indians organization has very few lefties worthy of the bigs. Allen was a top 100 prospect until his struggles last season. Wood is a mid 90s fastball who is a competitor and really had to work his way up the ladder. Karinchak and Clase are both scary young bullpen arms. Karinchak has nasty stuff though is a bit quirky personality wise. Clase was a fast riser who can throw 100+ with his fastball. It's been well documented that Clase in 21 games last season threw more pitches in the 99-100 range than the entire Indians staff last season.
Reyes and Domingo are similar players, so had some question marks about that, but honestly both can hit it a mile, the question is can one play the field? Leon and Hernandez are both upgrades over Plawecki and Kipnis respectfully. So these two help make the roster better. Arroyo was a top 100 prospect who has been battling injuries, but can really field. DeShields is a very good defensive OF, but lacks some in the bat department, but is a 4th OF that any roster would take especially with the 26 man roster setup.