Comments on: I’ll trade you… http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7030 A CLEVELAND INDIANS BLOG FROM THE ESPN SWEET SPOT NETWORK Sat, 25 May 2013 03:06:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve Alex http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7030#comment-8609 Steve Alex Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:31:47 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7030#comment-8609 It’s hard to argue with any of your individual player assessments. However, the team cannot afford to make those decisions in a vacuum without considering when, if ever, they expect to field a contending team. If keeping Cabrera and Masterson until they become free agents will not lead to a winning season because most of the rest of the team sucks, then when you trade one, you must trade all and rebuild. It’s no accident that virtually every key player on our team hits free agency within the next three years. The team was constructed that way with an expectation (hope?) of contending in 2012 and 2013. It didn’t happen, but that was the plan. Unless the goal is to go .500, and I hope that is never the goal, even for this team, you don’t keep one guy and trade another when neither decision will lead to a playoff appearance or some greater goal. A meaningful rebuild requires you to trade the guys you don’t want to trade, because those are the guys other teams want and will offer premium prospects for.

]]> By: DaveR http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7030#comment-8608 DaveR Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:26:30 +0000 http://itspronouncedlajaway.com/?p=7030#comment-8608 I didn’t know Choo was voicing contender concerns. Oh well, then trading him is the only option. They are going to be a bit handcuffed by teams fear of Boras.

I’d trade Perez immediately. There is more value in the players he could bring back than the value of his saves the next few seasons.

Not a fan of moving the other guys unless a team blows Tribe management away.

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