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Bring Mickey home.
Have you heard anything lately on Frankie
Bring Mickey home.
FYI - There is a team option on Carlos Santana for the 2021 season..With Kipnis off the books, is there an opportunity to add someone or will they possible look at extending Los beyond next year and bringing back Kip on a much friendlier team deal 1 yr 4-5 M? I’ve seen some put 6M and the going rate for a starting 2nd baseman is higher, but frankly he owes the Indians for they they’re done for him financially. He did not earn that past K.
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Dozier was slightly better than Kip this year, and worse the year before. If that's what we're going after, couldn't we just bring Kip back?
A year of Todd Frazier is something I'd be interested in. Brock Holt is another guy I like because he'd have value as a utility guy if Chang or someone else steps up. As an everyday 2B option, I like Howie Kendrick.
His 2015 and 2016 seasons alone are worth more than what we've paid him for his entire career.With Kipnis off the books, is there an opportunity to add someone or will they possible look at extending Los beyond next year and bringing back Kip on a much friendlier team deal 1 yr 4-5 M? I’ve seen some put 6M and the going rate for a starting 2nd baseman is higher, but frankly he owes the Indians for they they’re done for him financially. He did not earn that past K.
I don't imagine Kendrick will get paid much at all, and it definitely won't be a long-term deal. 1 year $10 million (and I think this is a ceiling) is totally doable.Yeah, if my choice is either Jason Kipnis or Brian Dozier for the exact same price, I'm going to go with Kipnis. While Dozier might be the slightly better player right now, I'd rather keep the guy that has been around the organization for a decade.
Frazier had himself a solid rebound season after being trash in 2018. I'd maybe think about bringing him in and sticking him at 3B and moving Jose to 2B. How is his defense?
Holt is one of the best utility guys in baseball - almost think he's good enough to start 120-130 games a year if he's healthy. Kendrick is one of my dream acquisitions this offseason, but he just hit .344 and had a .966 OPS this year. At age 36, I bet he is going to try to get paid this offseason.
Man, you've been pretty optimistic throughout this process.
Don’t do that. Don’t give me hope.
I know he had issues and little success in 2019 but Travis Shaw still has 2 yrs of arbitration control remaining (2020 & 2021).
He grew up in southern Ohio & went to Kent St for college. He hit 30+ homers in 2017 & 2018 while maintaining a OBP near .350.
It would be interesting to see how much he would cost to acquire from MKE if JRam is moving over to 2B...
Man, you've been pretty optimistic throughout this process.
Got a percentage?
Man, you've been pretty optimistic throughout this process.
Got a percentage?
No percentage cause there’s not a lot of confirmed stuff out there, cause both sides are playing things very close to the vest and both sides do not leak to the media.
But I did mention in a previous thread that after Lindor turned an extension down a few years ago, the 2 sides did not talk to each other about a contract...that’s not the case now, that communication has started again.
I’m going to continue to harp on it, and Antonetti just said as much. Lindor wants to stay in Cleveland. That’s not BS just to pump up fans asses just to make them feel better about the situation. He wants to stay. The offer just has to be comparable from the Indians side. I continue to believe we will reach that point because both sides want to see it happen. Re-opening communication is a big deal, IMO.
No percentage cause there’s not a lot of confirmed stuff out there, cause both sides are playing things very close to the vest and both sides do not leak to the media.
But I did mention in a previous thread that after Lindor turned an extension down a few years ago, the 2 sides did not talk to each other about a contract...that’s not the case now, that communication has started again.
I’m going to continue to harp on it, and Antonetti just said as much. Lindor wants to stay in Cleveland. That’s not BS just to pump up fans asses just to make them feel better about the situation. He wants to stay. The offer just has to be comparable from the Indians side. I continue to believe we will reach that point because both sides want to see it happen. Re-opening communication is a big deal, IMO.
No percentage cause there’s not a lot of confirmed stuff out there, cause both sides are playing things very close to the vest and both sides do not leak to the media.
But I did mention in a previous thread that after Lindor turned an extension down a few years ago, the 2 sides did not talk to each other about a contract...that’s not the case now, that communication has started again.
I’m going to continue to harp on it, and Antonetti just said as much. Lindor wants to stay in Cleveland. That’s not BS just to pump up fans asses just to make them feel better about the situation. He wants to stay. The offer just has to be comparable from the Indians side. I continue to believe we will reach that point because both sides want to see it happen. Re-opening communication is a big deal, IMO.