It is too early to tell. DeShields is useless, but the pitcher they got is interesting. I think Kluber will do pretty well this year, but not at his previous level. So they net out at 15M less salary, no vesting option, and they have a ton of pitching (though not as good as Kluber's peak level of performance).no idea what AZ is doing. They're in baseball purgatory.
Also, Tribe should have held on to Kluber until the deadline IMO
As a lifelong tribe fan, I am accustomed to them NOT keeping expensive guys, either because they are being frugal and/or the guy simply won't re-sign. The expensive free agents they have signed previously are either comparable to the guy he replaced (Encarnacion v Santana) or are useless (Bourn/Swisher). They'll never be the type to have a guy like Ryan Howard, M Cabrera or Albert Pujols where they are paying for what they used to be or what they were in the first 1/3 of the contract. Detroit has to pay Cabrera $30M for FOUR more years, plus two vesting options if he finishes top 10 MVP.
No thanks. Just keep winning. I trust the Front Office.