Cleveland Indians: Five trade packages for Francisco Lindor
By Reuben Gasee
The Cleveland Indians are looking to trade Francisco Lindor before Opening Day
As the Cleveland Indians are a small market team, an organization that does not spend lots of money on players, they typically trade away their players before they get too expensive for them to keep. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made things worse for them from a financial standpoint.
As they are unable to afford expensive players, they will look to trade their star shortstop in Francisco Lindor as he’s expected to get in excess of $20 million in his final year of arbitration.
The Indians could keep their star player for one last season and hope to make a postseason run but they ultimately want something in return for him instead of having him walk for nothing.
In the truncated 2020 season that consisted of only 60 games, he appeared in every single game slashing .258/.335/.415 with 61 hits and eight home runs. In his career, he’s slashed .285/.346/.488 with 896 hits, 138 home runs, 191 doubles and 99 stolen bases for a success rate of 78.6%.
He has four all-star appearances to his name with him making the past four consecutive mid summer classic games. He also has two Silver Slugger awards (’17 and ’18) as well as a Platinum Glove award (2016) and two Gold Gloves (’16 and ’19).
As shortstop is a premium position and one of the most important in the game, there will be no shortage of teams lining up for a potential trade that would get Lindor on their ball club. Here is where he could go and what the Cleveland Indians could get in return for him.