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The larger message of the Mike Clevinger trade

You can set your clock by Chris Antonetti.

After each trade, the Indians team president says something along the lines of what he said yesterday: “One of our objectives is to build a sustainably competitive team, and we think this trade does that.”

After Trevor Bauer was shipped to Cincinnati (“Trying to improve our competitive position both in the short term and also kind of enhance our position moving forward by infusing young talent.”), after Corey Kluber packed his bags for Texas (“Our goal is to sustain our competitiveness and to try to infuse the organization with young talent.