My brother texted me today and asked why I hadn't posted in a while. I told him I was saving up my anger and keystrokes for when the Indians made a pathetic trade for Francisco Lindor.
But, what the heck, lets start typing now.
Trading Adam Cimber - This was a sign the Indians are going in the right direction. Cimber is a gimmick guy and give me a hard thrower or even strike thrower any time rather than a gimmick guy. Anyone know Josh Tomlin's phone number?
Not picking up Brad Hand's option - Only one reason that I can see doing this. If we couldn't trade Hand. Picking up his option and then trading him before the season starts is the only thing that made sense here. Yeah, you might get stuck with him but it isn't like he is Adam Cimber. Hand was just named to the ML allstar team for the year. Yeah, I don't know if I would trust him for another season as the closer. I could smell a meltdown. However, he had a great year. Even if you picked up $4 million of his salarey (actually only cost you 3 because of the $1 million buyout) you could have gotten SOMETHNG for him. Bonehead move by the Indians.
Not picking up Santana's option - This was a no-brainer. They weren't paying him $17.5 million or even $7.5 million. Good luck with the Royals! I am sure he will have a good season again, but it wasn't worth the gamble.
Non-tendering Naquin and DeShields - This is another sign the Indians are being financially prudent and going in the right direction. Look, none of these guys were worth the money they would have made.
Having Ka'ai Tom and Luis Oviedo picked in the Rule 5 draft - What can you say? This happens to the Indians every year, it seems. For every Anthony Santander there is a Jordan Milbrath. You lose some and you get some of them back. You do have to ask yourself, however, why not just DFA DeShields and Naquin if you knew you were going to non-tender them. Then put Tom and Oviedo on the roster. Note: Oviedo is pitching well in winter ball. The last guy we lost in the Rule 5 who was pitching well in winter ball at the time was Hector Rondon. One final thought about the Rule 5 draft: If you look at all the guys the Indians have LOST in the Rule 5 draft and you look at all the success stories that the Indians have had drafting in the Rule 5 draft one thing stands out. THE INDIANS SUCK AT THE RULE 5 DRAFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Francisco Lindor trade - OK, so this one hasn't happened. But one trade like this HAS happened already. And it was doubly bad. Lance Lynn got traded to the White Sox. Not only is that bad for the Indians in 2021 it is also bad for the Indians in terms of trading Lindor. Basically, what the Rangers got for Lynn is what we can expect for Lindor: One prospect who will be in Cleveland's top 10 and one who likely will be somewhere in their top 30 or 40 prospects. Basically, we will get very little for Lindor. That's what the Lance Lynn trade tells us and that sucks eggs, big time!!!!!!. Maybe we can wait and trade him after Christmas so it doesn't ruin the holidays of Indians' fans.
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