In the era of throwback uniforms the Indians are trying something new: they are making throwback trades. That is, they are making trades that the GMs of the 70s and '80s would make.
Today they traded Yan Gomes. Let's look at the pros and cons.
Pro: We traded high on Gomes as this was his best year in a while and was a last minute all-star, making him look better than he was.
Con: Gomes was the primary catcher for most of the our starting pitchers. I doubt those pitchers perform as well this year as they have in the past as replacing Gomes creates chemistry issues.
Con: Roberto Perez is a terrible hitter. Gomes may not be great but he is better offensively and defensively than Perez, even in his worst year. So now our offense is worse than it was last year.
Con: We did not get back anything that will help our team next year. I repeat: WE DID NOT GET ANYTHING BACK THAT WILL HELP OUR TEAM NEXT YEAR. This makes this trade a salary dump and there is no way a team like the Indians should be dumping salary when they don't have or get an adequate replacement.
Another non-sensical trade.
Hey, if we get something good back for Gomes that is great. But Johnson was only Washington's #7 prospect at the end of 2018 and Rodriguez was only the 24th best prospect before 2018. Unless the PTBNL is great, this trade was not a fair exchange of talent.
So we didn't get better for next year or in the future in this trade. Again, it's a salary dump.
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