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Revisiting the Francisco Mejía trade

In 2018, Cleveland faced a baseball dilemma.

Despite being two years removed from a World Series run and one year from being the best regular-season team in baseball with one of the league’s strongest pitching staffs, they had a lot of holes.

Most notably their bullpen — which was the best in baseball in 2017 — sunk to the worst with Andrew Miller succumbing to injuries and Cody Allen flopping in his final year in a Cleveland uniform. It was so bad that some people who cover the team just couldn’t stand to watch the bullpen blow games anymore.