Analysis of Mejia for Hand/Cimber trade

In a nutshell, here is what we have:

6 years of Francisco Mejia for 3-4 years of Brad Hand and 5+ years of Cimber.

Or, put another way, 2-3 years of Mejia as an all-star for that same package.

I have to admit I hate trading prospects but if Hand is and remains healthy this is a good trade in our window of competitiveness.

Cimber?  He goes the way of Nick Goody as a flash in the pan.  Let's hope that flash is good enough to get us out of the AL and into the World Series.

Here are some other moves I think the Indians should make:

Bring in a RH power hitter who can play at 3B and 1B.   In this way he can play at first in the regular season and in the AL playoffs, if we make it that far, and at 3B in the World Series. This would offset our lefthanded hitting outfield.

If you can make that trade...

Trade Kipnis and Alonso for a really bad contract or even two.   I can't even begin to imagine what THAT would look like but maybe there is something that could be done.