Last winter Jason Kipnis may have almost been traded. May....almost...traded. Who will ever know for sure but it was rumored that the trade was going to happen with the Mets.
However, if the Indians did explore trading him then maybe they should revisit that. Not that the Mets would have been an ideal trading partner. Far from it.
Still, the idea was one worth thinking about at the time and again now.
What if we trade Kipnis?
It clears up salary and clears up a starting position. Depending on who we get back (hopefully bullpen help and a prospect) Erik Gonzalez AND Gio Urshela could make the team. Or maybe Yandy Diaz makes the team and Ramirez moves to 2nd with Diaz at 3rd.
There are probably a number of potential trade partners and I will explore those in a later post.
But, if I am the Indians, my major remaining spring training activity is to find a trading partner for Kipnis. I think the time has come to maximize our return on Kipnis and his spring has helped show that he is healthy AND what he can do when he is healthy.
I doubt Kipnis' trade value or actual value will ever be this high again. For many reasons we need to trade Kipnis.
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