Oh, hi. Just a little note about EVERYTHING BEING AWESOME.
Following an emotional night in which our beloved Jim Thome took his rightful place among the pantheon of Indian greats, the Indians are doing stuff. Like, being serious deadline buyers.
The Jonathan Lucroy deal was agreed to late Saturday night, provided he gives the okay to waive his no-trade clause. The Brewers will receive prospects Francisco Mejia, Yu-Cheng Chang and Greg Allen. Lucroy will serve as a bargain “2-for-1” as he solves the need for a bat and above-average receiving.
But the coup de grâce to the rest of the American League was possibly struck around 9 AM this morning with the sudden and (still somewhat shocking) acquisition of the Yankees’ lefty dominator, Andrew Miller. The Indians paid a steep price as they let Clint Frazier and Justise Sheffield go as the centerpiece of the Yankees’ return along with pitchers Ben Heller and JP Feyereisen, but the window is wide open with two controllable pieces past 2017.
The Indians have made their intentions known. The City of Champions may not be a one-franchise phenomenon.
More information as it develops! Sell out The Jake, people!
UPDATED: According to top Brewers beat guy, Tom Haudricourt, Lucroy has shockingly declined the trade to the Indians.
Jonathan Lucroy has exercised his no-trade clause and vetoed trade from #Brewers to Indians. Details to come.
— Tom (@Haudricourt) July 31, 2016
UPDATE 2: Lucroy’s spin is so strong, you might get nauseous.
Jonathan Lucroy: pic.twitter.com/wZH6Hs1LtT
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) July 31, 2016
I was really excited about the Lucroy trade–it seemed like a steal. Pretty disappointed that it didn’t pan out. Miller is amazing and the bullpen needed an upgrade…but that’s a steep price.
Can’t believe we couldn’t have promised lucroy more playing time in 2017. I like yan, and no disrespect to the man but offensively it feels like he’s been more of a hinderance than a benefit to the Indians lineup. Would have been better off promising lucroy more playing time as he’s been the more consistent player the last 3 years and have yan be the backup, then trade lucroy at next year’s deadline if you feel Yan has actually bounced back. Getting Miller feels more like a distraction/”look we’re trying” move by the front office to the fans by not getting the job done on Lucroy.
Miller was agreed to last night. He was a target all along. Maybe even a larger target than Lucroy. He was far from an olive branch move.
Um, I find that hard to believe when Sheffield was part of the deal for Lucroy but is now part of the deal for Miller. Please explain to me how that is possible.
Not my fault that you haven’t been paying attention.
Okay that is a horrible comeback as you provided no evidence to argue against my point. Please show me proof of when they started talking with the Yankees, because I can show proof of the ESPN article last night that showed Sheffield was part of the lucroy trade.
It’s not a comeback. It’s the honest to god truth. There have been no secrets whatsoever from anybody about Miller being extremely high on the Indians’ wish list.
Wishlist and actually having an offer in place are two different things.
Interpret it however you want. This is not a hill worth dying on.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/72711/everybody-could-win-a-jonathan-lucroy-trade-to-cleveland
That article is speculation–the only players confirmed in the trade were Meija, Chang, and Allen. The name of the other player is unknown–see this more recent,non-speculative article:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/17185236/jonathan-lucroy-milwaukee-brewers-vetoes-trade-cleveland-indians