Michael Brantley of the Cleveland Indians (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
The Cleveland Indians are known for not retaining talent at this point. Being a small market team, the club often trades away top talent that becomes too expensive rather than resigning players on hefty deals. That was the case this past offseason when the team parted ways with star shortstop Francisco Lindor. However, that hasn’t always been the case of late.
In other cases, the team has waited too long and watched talent walk out the door instead of being resigned.