The complaining has already started that two former Indians pitchers are likely going to go against each other in game one of the World Series Wednesday night. I’d like to, however, take a different approach to this.
1) One pitcher, even a Cy Young Winner, does not make a team a World Series Champion.
2) CC was drafted by the Indians and developed by them - this should give us a little hope in the organization’s ability to draft and develop.
3) Cliff was traded for by the Indians and then really re-developed by them. Remember he was sent down to the minors in 2007 to get right. Perhaps this bodes well for Fausto Carmona and the pitching prospects the Indians traded for this season…although we will see.
As a fan of both pitchers, despite my misgivings about the way CC pitched in the postseason in 2007 and the fact that Cliff was left off the postseason roster in 2007 because of his performance that year, I’m looking forward to the game.
