Quick name the top five on the Indians payroll.

Did you forget Casey Blake or Paul Byrd?

The answer: C.C. Sabathia at $11 million, Jake Westbrook at $10M (with $21M more to come in the next two years), Travis Hafner at $8.05M (with $51.75M more to come over the next four seasons … he better not hit .250 ever again), Byrd at $7.5M and Blake $6.1M.

The total, according to numbers published in USA Today, is $78,970,066. Not bad for a team that could win the World Series.

The biggest bargain is a toss-up between Jensen Lewis ($393,000) and Asdrubal Cabrera ($393,300).

It also was reported that the Indians have committed more than $124M in future deals through 2013. The bulk of that being Hafner's crazy contract.

The rest of the AL Central:
Tigers at $137.7M
White Sox at $121.1M
Royals at $58.2M
Twins at $56.9M

The NFL doesn't need to do anything about the end of the season because some teams opt to not play their starters.

To me, it is each team's choice. The Indianapolis Colts earned the right to do what they wanted with their team. If folks remember, Browns linebacker Willie McGinest thinks the same way even though the Tennessee Titans beat a backup team of Colts, keeping the Browns out of the playoffs. The New York Giants, on the other hand, opted to play their starters against the New England Patriots even though they couldn't improve their standing in the NFC playoffs. That is fine, too.

On top of that, how do you legislate a team to play its starters, how do you determine who should start and who shouldn't. There is no way to determine that. It is fool's talk.

I also am against reseeding for the playoffs. If a team wins a division it earns one home game in the playoffs. With the schedules not being the same for each team, the divisions aren't equal.

Take the upcoming season, the AFC North, home to the Browns, plays the AFC South and NFC East. That means six 2007 playoff teams right there. My guess is whoever wins the AFC North (By the way, I think it will be the Browns), they will win 10 games at the most and maybe nine. The schedule will be very tough so the division winner deserves to be home, not on the road to play an 11-win wild-card team from a weaker division.

NFL, leave well enough alone.