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2014-15 Off-Season Thread (Moss Acquired - Page 16)

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Indians are losing Kevin Cash to the Rays.

Confirmed by Rosenthal just a few minutes ago.
 
Full 3 team deal:

Detroit: P Shane Greene
Arizona: P Robbie Ray, INF Domingo Leyba
New York: SS Didi Gregorius
 
I'm happy for Cash. I read that he was the main cog behind Carrasco's turnaround. Going to be tough to replace him.
 
Indians signed Destin Hood as minor league outfield depth.

Lastoria says it could be foreshadowing a trade, but I'm not sure I buy that.
 
AZ_ said:
Indians signed Destin Hood as minor league outfield depth.

Lastoria says it could be foreshadowing a trade, but I'm not sure I buy that.
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Maybe... Sounds a lot like Carlos Moncrief- another guy I could see Beane asking for.
 
Didn't see it posted but Jonah Keri released his MLB Trade Value Rankings last week on Grantland and the Indians got some love having 3 guys in the top half of the rankings, list was top 50 guys and here's how he decided on the list:

Trade Value Rules
1. Contracts matter. David Price is a better pitcher than Yordano Ventura, but Price will be eligible for free agency at the end of the 2015 season, while Ventura isn’t even arbitration-eligible yet and will be under team control through 2019.

2. Age matters. Jose Bautista and Giancarlo Stanton put up similar numbers in 2014, but Bautista is 34 and, as great as he is now, probably won’t be great for too many more years. Stanton is 25 and just starting to harness the full scope of his powers, so he has more trade value.

3. It’s all relative. If every team started shopping every player as a trade candidate, which guys would attract the biggest return from any of the other 29 clubs? For instance, if we’re comparing the trade value of Manny Machado and Troy Tulowitzki, we’re not concerned that the Rockies have a solid third baseman of their own in Nolan Arenado, or that the Orioles already have a capable shortstop in J.J. Hardy.1 Instead, we want to know this: If every team were allowed to bid on Machado and Tulo, which player would net the greater return?

4. Positional scarcity matters. If a shortstop and first baseman put up comparable offensive numbers, the shortstop is the more valuable player, since it’s much tougher to find someone with the defensive chops to handle short than one who can man first. That’s already accounted for in the Wins Above Replacement metric, which you’ll see referenced occasionally here, but it bears repeating.

5. Defense, park factors, and other variables not immediately apparent in superficial stats matter. These are not fantasy baseball rankings, so a player who hits 30 home runs isn’t necessarily more valuable than one who hits 20, or even five.

6. The list runs in reverse order. If Yu Darvish is no. 17 on this list, it means the Rangers likely wouldn’t trade him for anyone ranked 18 to 50, but would have to at least consider swapping him for the players ranked 16 to 1.
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So with that being said her are the Indians that were apart of the list:

Group 12: The No-Name
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25. Yan Gomes (NR), C, Cleveland Indians

Aside from the minor leaguers, Gomes is probably the player on this list who has the least name-recognition among casual fans. That won’t be the case for long. Toronto drafted Gomes in the 10th round in 2009 and dealt him in 2012 for Esmil Rogers, a trade the Jays surely regret, and one that contributed to their decision to spend $82 million on Russell Martin this offseason. Gomes has quietly grown into one of the AL’s best all-around players, bashing 21 homers and posting a .278/.313/.472 line in 2014 while displaying strong pitch-framing skills and playing generally excellent defense. He’s 27 years old, he’s owed a paltry $20.95 million over the next five years, and the Tribe would need to spend only another $20 million to lock him up through 2021.

If the Indians were as good at signing free agents as they are trading forunheralded prospects, they’d be a damn dynasty by now.
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Group 16: It’s the Tribe, Y’all!
16. Michael Brantley (NR), OF, Cleveland Indians
15. Corey Kluber (NR), SP, Cleveland Indians

I mentioned the Indians’ impressive prospect-thievery skills earlier, and here’s further proof: They got Brantley as a throw-in for CC Sabathia and got Kluber as an afterthought in a random Jake Westbrook–Ryan Ludwick three-way exchange. Not too shabby!

In 2014, Brantley blossomed from a decent all-around player to a .327/.385/.506 one-man wrecking crew who might be even better than his 7.0 WAR indicated. Brantley’s batting average on balls in play spiked to a career-high .333 in 2014, but there’s reason to believe that might not be a fluke: According to ESPN Stats & Info, he ranked eighth in the majors in hard-hit average, trailing only David Ortiz, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, Andrew McCutchen, Adrian Beltre, Edwin Encarnacion, and Lucas Duda. At $19 million over the next three years (with an $11 million club option for 2018),1 the 27-year-old has emerged as a cornerstone.

As impressive as Brantley was, though, he took second billing to fellow breakout sensation Kluber, who tossed 235.2 innings, punched out 269 batters, posted a 2.44 ERA, and won the damn Cy Young. Kluber is 28, Indians property for four more seasons, and isn’t even arbitration-eligible yet. Brantley and Kluber earned two of the top four spots on my fake AL MVP ballot for 2014, and should continue earning that kind of recognition for years to come.
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Part I: http://grantland.com/features/2014-mlb-trade-value-rankings-part-1/
Part II: http://grantland.com/features/2014-mlb-trade-value-rankings-part-2/
 
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