Whether their station is high, low, or in-between, it seems like the Choo-Swisher swap makes all the sense in the world for the Tribe. Maybe they felt they couldn't work out an extension with Choo, just didn't like the cut of his jib - and who would know better? - or simply needed to spend this off-season to shrug off the cheapskate label; in any event, they swap him out for a massively talented cost-controlled gamble in the rotation and a breathing human to play CF, and then give Choo's money to Swisher - who is basically an older Choo with a bigger smile - to bring affability, playoff experience, and the beginnings of credibility to the Francona era.

Not the kind of deal that's going to make the franchise, but these two deals in tandem basically give them an interesting, worthy, or very good position player at each position, save DH. And if any of the broken pieces of the rotation gets fixed, then things begin to add up. Maybe.