Last week, Bob Nightengale reported that the Cleveland Indians have every intention to trade Francisco Lindor, their All-Star shortstop. He’s getting expensive (he earned the prorated sum of $17 million in 2020 and could earn more than $21 million in 2021, his last year of arbitration) and the tribe can’t afford to give him an extension. It is logical they want to get something in return in the form of MLB-ready players or prospects, and the New York Mets are very much in the mix.
USA Today’s Nightengale reported on Thursday that “Cleveland, strapped for money, intends to trade All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor by opening day, several rival teams have been informed.