Imagine how damn dominant this lineup is going to be if we have Josh Donaldson at peak Josh Donaldson form...
All stats with still almost a month to go, please remember (BA/OBP/OPS):
SS - Francisco Lindor: .285/.361/.887, 31 HR, 80 RBI, 40 2B, 114 R (MLB leader), 22 SB, 7.1 WAR
LF - Michael Brantley: .304/.357/.822, 14 HR, 70 RBI, 34 2B, 76 R, 10 SB, 2.3 WAR
2B - Jose Ramirez: .287/.402/.992, 37 HR, 96 RBI, 34 2B, 95 R, 29 SB, 7.9 WAR
3B - Josh Donaldson: .285/.387/.946, 37 HR, 100 RBI, 31 2B, 103 R, 5 SB, 7.0 WAR (averages over his past three seasons)
DH - Edwin Encarnacion: .231/.320/.791, 29 HR, 93 RBI, 15 2B, 63 R, 3 SB, 1.0 WAR
1B - Yonder Alonso: .244/.310/.742, 22 HR, 76 RBI, 18 2B, 56 R, 1.2 WAR
RF - Melky Cabrera: .282/.332/.773, 6 HR, 32 RBI, 12 2B, 23 R, 0.2 WAR
I don't care who you are, that is a rough top-7 to get through if you're a right handed starter. Throw in guys like Yan Gomes (.255/.305/.728, 12 HR) as a good hitting and defensive catcher, Yandy Diaz (.333/.364/.840 in 66 PA) as a huge wild card contributor, Brandon Guyer (.825 OPS vs. LHP), and Jason Kipnis (14 HR, .687 OPS), and you've got one of the most lethal offenses in baseball.
Defense would be suspect, but with our great starting pitching and hopefully a healthy Miller & Hand anchoring the back end, I can't see that being a huge problem.