What you originally said could have been read as "Cleveland is better than KC."

I'll say this re: Cleveland and KC...

I think KC improved its pitching staff more than Cleveland improved its lineup. And I'll take the chances of KC's lineup taking a step up over Cleveland's starting rotation.

Unless Trevor Bauer goes Tim Lincecum, part 2, or Ubaldo suddenly regains the 4 MPH he's lost off of his fastball since his Cy Young year, there's not much upside for Cleveland's starters.

if they got no pitching they aren't going to do much.

I agree, KC v Cleveland will be a pick em this year. Both teams have improved, and kind of offset each other.

Unless Detroit has some serious injuries -pitching and daily lineup- everybody else will be fighting for second and third.

.500-ish

Oh, and I've been saying 85 wins.

13 game improvement from 2012, but really only a six or seven-game improvement over their pythag.

Factors:

Full year of Salvador Perez
Moustakas/Hosmer better
Escobar worse at plate (slightly)
Francoeur not historically awful (league-average is an improvement of 2 wins)
Better starting pitching
Less overworked bullpen

7-9, with 9-7 potential and a 4-12 floor.

82-85 and miss out on a wildcard.

God I'd be thrilled if we just go .500. It'll be a decade since we've done that this year