Let's Go Tribe's look back at the Indians 2012 campaign continues with a look at 1B Casey Kotchman. His 2011 season was the best of his career. His 2012 season was... something.

One of the bright spots of 2012, Rogers was given a second shot after a disastrous start to his season, and took full advantage of it. Perhaps the Indians could make an excellent acquisition even better by moving Rogers back to the rotation.

One of the best right-handed relievers in the game, and probably next year's closer.

For the most part, the main cogs in the 2011 bullpen were just as good in 2012. That wasn't the case with the southpaws, though; Rafael Perez was hurt, and although Tony Sipp was healthy, he wasn't nearly as effective he'd been the previous season.

He has one of the most common names in the country, but Joe Smith's work in the bullpen has been anything but common.

Like Zach McAllister, Corey Kluber was acquired via a mid-season veteran-for-prospect trade. And like McAllister, Kluber should be in the mix for next season's rotation. Kluber also shared something with McAllister; growing pains in 2012.

Let's Go Tribe's look back at the 2012 season continues with an examination of the starting rotation, which was probably the very worst part of a very bad team.

If you look at earned runs, Zach McAllister was the Tribe's best starting pitcher by a large margin. But if you include all the unearned runs allowed by McAllister, his 2012 season looks a lot more suspect. But does that portend badly for the future?

Ubaldo Jimenez has gotten a lot of the attention this season for his bad pitching, though Justin Masterson deserves a lot of it as well.