I don’t particularly like Castrovince’s Blue Jay deal and the Reds deal GSON posted but they’re in the ball park value wise.
I’m not looking forward to the Lindor deal. No doubt the FO will get his value on the market but they’re not going to get his value on the field in 2021.
They’re roughly at two-thirds of 2020 projected payroll now and if they can afford that I’d lean toward keeping Frankie and rolling with what they have.
It sounds like a suicide pact but merely put the players in their best position to succeed and see if they can score enough to compete. Push the envelope.
You don't particularly like Castrovince's deal because it's ridiculously lopsided and well............stupid. Look, Lindor is getting traded. We were told it won't happen quickly and if we've been paying attention to how CA and MC do business then we already knew that it wouldn't happen quickly. Trading Lindor isn't the same as when they traded Kluber or even Bauer for that matter. Kluber was coming off of injury in his age 33 season and Bauer was coming off a terrible season and had only shown glimpses of his potential at that point. We're talking about a 27 yr old, 5 tool SS that has appeared in 4 AS games, won 2 silver sluggers, a platinum glove, 2 GG, has hit 30+ HR and will steal 20+ bases in a full season and the best part is he's just now entering his prime years.
When the deal is consummated and made public, I do not expect to feel like the Indians "robbed" whoever they traded with. I also believe that it will be more geared toward acquiring quality, ready talent than a slew of prospects. I'll give you some of what I think are reasonable examples:
-Lindor to NYY for Frazier and one of Schmidt or Gil
-Lindor to CIN for Winker and Greene
-Lindor to TOR for Gurriel Jr and Woods Richardson
-Lindor to NYM for Nimmo and Szapucki
-Lindor to STL for Carlson and Libertore
-Lindor to LAA for Marsh and Detmers
-Lindor to ATL for Waters and Davidson
-Lindor to SD for Cronenworth and Patino
-Lindor to TB for Lowe and McClanahan
The Indians have a deep enough farm system that they could expand a Lindor deal if needed/desired.