As I have said before, since trading Mike Clevinger in July of 2020 we have made exactly ONE trade where we came close to receiving than we gave up: David Fry for J.C. Mejia. Yes, the Myles Straw trade is very debatable as we received the immediate jolt of gold glove-level defense, something that we had been missing, along with the promise of stability in CF (something that was missing in recent years), more speed on the bases and the hope of decent OB production from Straw. While the latter didn't occur ,it is hard to argue with the defensive stability Straw has created. Yes, Phil Maton has been a serviceable reliever for the Astros but it is really Yainer Diaz who is now making this trade look bad. Remember, at the time, Diaz was simply a good (not great) hitting guy in Lynchburg who looked like his path to the majors was more as a DH than as a catcher...plus he was probably 3 years away from even sniffing the majors given that his highest assignment was in A ball at the aforementioned Lynchburg. So I am willing to give the FO a mulligan on this trade as it was a a huge gain in present value (at the time) for Cleveland. It just may turn out to be a long-term disaster...but isn't that trade deadline deals are SUPPOSED to be for the buyer and the seller?
Aside from that, since July of 2020, our FO has mostly sucked big time on trades. Let's look at what we got back in trades since opening day 2021:
June 2021 - Jake Bauers traded to Seattle for a PTBNL (recieved Damon-Casetta Stubbs as PTBNL). Bauers played for Seattle for the rest of the season.
July 2021 - Traded Eddie Rosario to Atlanta for Pablo Sandoval, then waived Sandoval. Rosario MVP of NLDS. Still playing for Atlanta
July 2021 - Traded Jordan Luplow and DJ Johnson for Peyton Battenfield - Luplow and Johnson played for Tampa Bay with Luplow going 2-7 with a HR in the 2021 ALDS.
July 2021 - Traded Phil Maton and Yainer Diaz for Myles Straw - We all know how this turned out
July 2021 - Traded Cesar Hernandez for Konnor Pilkington - They got little out of Hernandez and we got less out of Pilkington.
November 2021 - Traded JC Mejia to Milwaukee for PTBNL (David Fry obtained) We have already talked about this one
November 2021 - Waived Kyle Nelson (claimed off waivers by Arizona) - Nelson has pitched 2 years for Arizona, posting a 2.13 ERA in 2022 and a 4.68 ERA in 2023 and has pitched twice in Arizona's post-season run
November 2021 - Traded Junior Caminero for Tobias Myers - We all know how this turned out
December 2021 - Signed Enyel De Los Santos to a minor league deal Best FA signing over the last couple of years (along with bringing Brian Shaw back one last time)
April 2022 - Traded Bradley Zimmer for Anthony Castro Nothing to be excited about for either team
May 2022 - Traded Yu Chang to Pittsburgh Pirates for cash Cash is never something you want to get for any asset
November 2022 - Traded Nolan Jones for Juan Brito - The final story on this hasn't been written yet
November 2022 - Traded Carlos Vargas for Ross Carver - Vargas opened the season with Ari but ended up on the IL again for their AAA team
November 2022 - Traded Jose Fermin to St. Louis for cash - Fermin played at the end of 2023 for St. Louis batting .235 in 51 ABs
December 2022 - Traded Owen Miller to Milwaukee for PTBNL - Settled for cash, instead - Miller helped buoy up during the first half of the season playing multiple postions with an OPS of .674.
December 2022 - Signed Josh Bell as a FA
December 2022 - Signed Mike Zunino as a FA
February 2023 - Trade Will Benson to Cincinnati for Justin Boyd and AJ Hajjar - We all know how this one turned out for Cincinnati. Boyd was injured most of the year, hitting .150 in 50 ABs and Hajjar walked a guy an inning for Lake County.
May 2023 - Traded Konnor Pilkington to Arizona for cash - Again, unless it is Norm Cash in his prime, cash is never a good thing.
June 202 - Traded Richie Palacios to St. Louis for cash - Again, there is that 4-letter word. Palacios hit 6 HR and 6 doubles with an OPS of .823 in September for the Cardinals, more HRs than Will Brennan hit in an entire season.
July 2023 - Traded Amed Rosario to LA Dodgers for Noah Syndergaard - Rosario played a utility/PR role for LA and Syndergaard was DFA'd before the end of August.
July 2023 - Traded Josh Bell to Miami for Khalil Watson and Jean Segura. Released Segura - Bell powered Miami to the post season. Watson had an OPS of .748 with Lake County. The Guardians are on the hook for $10 million owed to Segura in 2024/5. If Bell rejects his played option for 2024 getting rid of Bell will have cost the Guardians $8 million and they get Watson. Miami would end up renting Bell for about $2 million and saving the $10 million owed to Segura meaning, essentially, they got Bell and $8 million for Watson.
July 2023 - Traded Aaron Civale to Tampa Bay for Kyle Manzardo We will see how this plays out. it has a chance to be a big win for Cleveland but, unless disaster strikes for Civale, it will never be a big loss for Tampa who essentially invented the opener because they never have enough SP.
August 2023 - Claimed Ramon Laureano off waivers from Oakland Maybe the worst move of the season as it is possible that this move will result in bringing back this overpaid, 30-something AAAA player back in 2024, wasting PT and a roster spot on Laureano when a rookie could use that time.
August 2023 - Traded cash to LA Dodgers for Kole Calhoun - Good move to keep Francona from losing his mind in the last month of the season by having to play rookies; olive branch to veterans for trading away Civale, Rosario and Bell and getting no help back.
August 2023 - Claimed Lucas Giolito, Matt Moore and Reynaldo Lopez off waivers from White Sox - Maybe their best move of 2023, it only cost them about $4 million for these 3 veteran rentals. Helped save the young arms and gave some stability to the bullpen helping limit young starter innings and helping set up Clase for his league-leading saves total.
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