Cleveland Indians: Three possible destinations for Francisco Lindor

The Cleveland Indians and LA Angels could match well in a potential trade.

The Los Angeles Angels need to be aggressive this winter. That line is said every early winter, yet pitchers like Julio Tehran are still trotted out to the mound charged with giving Mike Trout enough support to finally reach the playoffs.

Andrelton Simmons is now a free agent and while every financial resource that isn’t wrapped up in Trout, Rendon, Justin Upton, and Albert Pujols (which is a lot), should be thrown into the starting rotation, the Angels need to listen to their star player in Trout when he says it’s now or never to make a run.

The Angels have an improved farm system to deal from and plenty of outfield depth that could work to their advantage in a potential trade with the Cleveland Indians. As stated earlier, there’s plenty of reasons to believe that it won’t take an extreme haul to land Lindor, especially after looking at what Cleveland received for Corey Kluber and Cleavinger.

Also, the Pujols contract is coming off the books very soon, giving Los Angeles a little room for a Lindor extension.

The biggest hurdle is the fact that the Angels currently do not have a general manager in place. If they can settle on a decision soon, and it’s an aggressive one, making an immediate statement like landing Francisco Lindor will go a long way in generating instant excitement for 2021 and improving the roster in a major way.

Any one of these three teams is a possible landing spot for Lindor, but we also can’t ignore the likelihood of the Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Yankees sweeping in. The rich will always find a way to get richer.

There’s also the Toronto Blue Jays, who have plenty of young talent in their infield, but have already stated that they plan on being aggressive this offseason and have tried to work a trade for Lindor before. Don’t be shocked when the Blue Jays come out as one of the more aggressive teams this offseason.

However this situation shakes out, it doesn’t end well for the Cleveland Indians.