Antonetti said, if I understood him correctly, that the Indians would pursue pieces at the trade deadline if the Indians were still in contention and needed those pieces.
Great.
Except for one thing.
People overpay at the deadline and usually in the form of prospects.
And another thing.
Usually the pieces the Indians add at the deadline have zero impact on their finish in the post-season. BTW, that is generally true for most teams except those that add Justin Verlanders to their roster.
Which brings me to a point that has been made by others:
If the Indians make a trade at the deadline it should be for Corey Kluber.
No trading prospects again.
Never.
This is the Indians. They don't draw enough fans to avoid being cheap.
They have already ripped a lot of prospects out of their farm system in the past 3 years trying to compete. Some of those were lost in trades. Some were lost because they never got a chance to play in Cleveland and developed elsewhere.
Bottom line is that it is time to keep our prospects.
Trade Kluber if you get an excellent and necessary return. But leave the prospects alone. Even if a Francisco Mejia for Hand/Cimber looks good on paper, let's not do those trades.
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