Now that the hot stove league has started, you cant watch or listen to shows about baseball without people talking about the Cleveland Indians trading all star shortstop Francisco Lindor. We, of course, have stated many times that we would not be in favor of dealing the Indians face of the franchise, preferring to sign one of the best players in the game to a long term contract. We were wondering how many other star players were traded at age 25 while being one of the best players in the game? We did come up with a few, although most arent as good as the Indians shortstop, and we wanted to see what kind of
Steven Brault Jersey return the player brought back. Mostly because most fans think the Indians would get three future all-stars in return. The first case is Christian Yelich, who was dealt by Miami in 2017 after his year 25 season. Yelich hit .282 with an 807 OPS, and was signed through 2021 by the Marlins, so he differs from Lindor in that he wasnt coming up on free agency. The top prospect Miami received was Lewis Brinson, who was Baseball Americas 16th ranked prospect at the time. To date, Brinson has been a ma sive dud, with a career 531 OPS in around 700 at bats. The best player Miami received right now has been pitcher Jordan Yamamoto, who was never a top 100 prospect. He was 4-5
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Dario Agrazal Jersey He isnt anywhere near the offensive player Lindor is, but in the deal sending him from Atlanta to Los Angeles (AL), the best player the Braves received thus far has been Sean Newcomb (22-21, 3.87 ERA), who pitched out of the bullpen for the NL East champs this season. The reason it is very difficult to find comps to this situation is most teams arent looking to trade 25 year old superstars with two years left on their contract, they are looking to sign them long term. It is a different situation if Lindor and his agent have told the front office they wont sign with the Indians under any circumstances, but we dont
Jung-ho Kang Jersey believe that is the case. We wanted to point out, however, in reality, no team is going to empty out their farm system for Lindor, and if they do, theres no guarantee that the top prospects will turn out to be very good to great major league players. Recently, you had the Bryce Harper (went to free agency) and Machado situations. Yes, Washington won the World Series this season, but it wasnt due to what they received for Harper. And the Orioles appear to have received 20 cents on the dollar for Machado. The Red Sox are said to be
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The Texas Rangers earned their first win of the 2022 season on Sunday, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 12-6.In a flip from Friday's season opener, the Blue Jays jumped out to a big lead early. The dangerous Toronto lineup teed off on Texas starter Spencer Howard as George Springer, Matt Chapman, Danny Jansen and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. all hit home runs in the first three innings. A Nick Solak solo home run
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Sunday evening ESPN will televise the Indians matchup with the AL West'
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The Houston Astros may have coming out of the bullpen when the 2023 Major League Baseball season rolls around.Houston signed former Boston Red Sox reliever Austin Davis to a with
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Are you mi sing baseball? Don't feel alone because there's millions of people mi sing it too. covered Texas Rangers spring training in February and filmed live bullpen se sions from our time at the team's
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The Texas Rangers are one of many, many teams in on trying to lure free-agent pitcher Jameson Taillon to sign a multi-year contract, reports the The report, which came on Saturday morning, came hours after the Rangers announced the signing of to a five-
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While the Philadelphia Phillies may have looked like playoff contenders on paper with Bryce Harper leading their offense, they've been unsucce sful in bringing October baseball back to
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From 2019 through 2021, AJ
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Anibal Sanchez Jersey hard to come by in 2023.Scroll to ContinueA reunion between Pollock and the Dodgers doesn't seem likely. AJ will be 35 next month, and Los Angeles seemingly saw something in Pollock that suggested his down year might be coming. He could be
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Major League Baseball rosters expand to 28 players at the start of September. As the Houston Astros plan out their next course of action, Hunter Brown's call-up looms on mind of fans and executives alike.The Astros placed Ryan Pre sly on
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Any hope of Major League Baseball's season beginning on time is quickly vanishing.Thursday's bargaining se sion between MLB and the MLB Players A sociation lasted only 15 minutes, ending with league officials describing the meeting as "unproductive." , the MLBPA backed off on its request that all players with at least two years of service qualify for salary
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