Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carrasco Traded to the Mets

[mopete12]

so the indians are going to have to make other moves right? Didnt they already have too many guys on the 40?

I assume Wolf and Greene are not on the 40 man, so we lost 2 on the 40 and added two to the 40.

 

[Kiddo]

Do Rosario and Giminez have a lot of upside? Are they better options than Chang and Miller? Or Freeman?

 

[Urban]

2 lottery tickets
A former top 5 prospect who has been immensely disappointing in the majors
Gimenez who I was semi excited for until I saw AZ_ post his Statcast chart

Yeah, hard to spin this one as much more than a salary dump

 

[gijimbo]

For what? To win 85 games and then get nothing for him in the offseason?

It’s baseball, they could have competed in 2021.

We will see just how much more than nothing we got in this trade in the next few years.

Sorry, fellas, I’m not excited for the inevitable rebuild and non-competitive years to come.

 

[The Oi]

Wouldnt be shocked if this team is sold in 2-3 years and that changing the name and dropping these two to get payroll way down weren’t just inevitabilities but also big hints.

 

[FrontPageNews]

Just sell the fucking team

 

[BimboColesHair]

Wouldnt be shocked if this team is sold in 2-3 years.

Educated guess is 4 years.

4 consecutive seasons of 41-121 will make it happen.

 

[LL3]

Wouldn’t it have made more sense to just play the year out and let Lindor walk after the season? This return seems pretty terrible, could’ve probably found similar pieces in other deals.

Keeping him at 20m appears to not have been a financial option...
What were the other offers in this moment? What would the return have looked like if CC were not included? Obviously we do not know, but I am really interested in the state of the market

 

[bob2the2nd]

Wouldnt be shocked if this team is sold in 2-3 years.

you think it will take that long?

 

[bigfoot5415]

Just sell move the fucking team

Fixed*

 

[mds]

Well that is one way to dump payroll in one quick trade. About $25 to $30 million

"Cleveland sheds about $44 million off their payroll in the #Mets trade, which is what they sought to do all winter." - Whoever I was reading on twitter

 

[kriegs]

 

[Real Deal]

More pissed about throwing Cookie away like nothing. Wanted that guy to retire an Indian.

Trade blows. Outside of that OFer who I don’t know anything about, none of those other guys are headliners for a superstar and an ace caliber pitcher. The rebuild is on in full force boys, buckle up.

By the time the rebuild gets competitive, Bieber will be traded, and Josey will be long gone. Tito doesn't have much time to manage either considering his health, matter fact this could be his final year because smart money is retiring. It'll be dark times for sure.

 

[OptimusPrime]

Wouldnt be shocked if this team is sold in 2-3 years and that changing the name and dropping these two to get payroll way down weren’t just inevitabilities but also big hints.

I wouldn't be shocked if it's moved in 2-3 years.

 

[jup]

Dude. It is a business. Players know it. That’s why they hold out. Don’t sign contracts Etc. It is not personal

I know all to well it is a business, but when Cookie agreed to that "team friendly" deal, it was implied that he would remain an Indian. Sucks that he didn't and it shows that nothing less than a no trade clause will keep the management from sending you packing.

It sucks for Cookie