Cleveland Indians' End of the Year Awards

Not winning the division, settling for .500, all that crap.

Best Offseason Move: Jamey Carroll

What else did we even do?

Minor Leaguer of the Year: Scott Lewis

Just because he was so good at the big-league level.

Biggest Offseason Need: Power hitting third baseman

See last question.

'09 Breakout Pitcher: Fausto Carmona

I think that Fausto will find his old stuff and have a year like last year and like Cliff did this year.

'09 Breakout Hitter: Shin-Soo Choo

Based on the month of September, I would say that this kid has the potential to be a big hitter in the lineup next year and provide us with the power we desperately need from that position.

Prospect you want to see in '09: Matt LaPorta

I want to see what we got for CC; he damn well better be worth it.

What the Indians need to do in the offseason: The top need this offseason for the Indians, in my humble opinion, is to acquire a power-hitting third baseman. If 2008 was good for one thing, it was good to show us how worthless Andy Marte really is. If Marte retains a roster spot, I swear I will throw something at Wedge the next game I am at.

Third base is a power position; the kind of position that is supposed to deliver strong power numbers, and with Casey Blake now gone from the team, it seems that there is almost no offense to be found at that position at all.

Several people (myself included) have proposed that Jhonny Peralta should fill that position, but time and time again the club has stated that such a move is not in their plans (even though it makes perfect logistical sense).

Which means that the team needs to go out and find someone via free agency or trade that will represent a viable defensive option as well as a middle-of-the-order type bat to bring in some runs. More than a closer, this is the team's dire need, especially with the bats of Hafner and Garko looming as huge question marks for the 2009 season.

Jeff Smirnoff

Team MVP: Cliff Lee

27 percent of the team's wins and it should have been more. Not just good, not great, but dominant almost every start.

Offensive MVP: Grady Sizemore

Bring those strikeouts down and put the ball in play more and watch that average go up to .290. Then the rest of the nation will realize what Cleveland already knows.

Breakout Performance: Shin-Soo Choo

It takes pitchers two years to recover from TJS. Even Choo says he is not 100 percent healthy.  I want to see what he can do over 162.

Starter of the Year: Cliff Lee

See above.

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