It has been difficult to project Cleveland’s roster this offseason for a number of reasons. Namely the fact that we knew a trade was coming sooner or later, and it would involve one or more of their biggest names.
Well, that sooner became now, and Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco are members of the New York Mets.
The return, as expected, did feature some help for the current roster, but it will by no means even out the loss of Lindor’s bat and defense or Carrasco’s steady presence in the upper half of the rotation next season.