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Originally Posted by Chiefspants
As much as I'd love to see it be the Indians & Cubs, I think the Jays would be a really tough matchup for the Indians in a 7 game series. They'd need their versions of an unpredictable Ventura (Bauer & Tomlin) to step up, have Klubot and Miller throw in faultless performances, and have their lineup produce against a fantastic Jays rotation.
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The Red Sox have a better offense (by a large gap) and are also less power dependent than the Jays. Cleveland has handled them so far.
Kluber is a good matchup against Toronto (as good as you will find).
What I think has been overlooked by many is how good Cleveland's offense has been. They were the second-best offense in baseball this year, behind the Red Sox.
And their offense can win multiple ways... With HRs, with stringing together hits, with working counts and drawing walks... And also with speed.
Toronto might have a better-looking rotation, but Cleveland trumps them everywhere else and has a good enough bullpen to make its lesser starters play "up."
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