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Seems like a lot of players lol

This looks like a good trade for both sides.

I'm pretty ignorant about prospects, so I have no idea if its a good trade or not. I wish Logdog still came around, because he was very knowledgeable about the whole "Baseball America" front, with regards to other teams' minor leaguers. I'm sure he'd have some good insights. That said, it seems like a strange trade for a team contending for the World Series. More like a rebuild/reload type trade, IMO.

The main goal of the Indians is to turn a profit. Winning is not what is important.

If money was the motive for the trade, you would think they would have moved Brad Hand, Carlos Santana, or Lindor. Clevinger's salary wasn't that big a hit on their bottom line yet. He's still under team control for 2 more years.

Indians MO for years, develop pitching, trade said pitching for prospects

j/c...

92.3 The Fan reporting that Zach Plesac and Oscar Mercado will be back with the big club tomorrow. Plesac is scheduled to start against the Royals tomorrow night.

Makes sense that Plesac would be back up.

Its still a pretty good rotation, but Pete Franklin is probably rolling in his grave that we traded Bauer, Kluber, and Clevinger in the last year. When Pete was on the radio he always said that when you think you have enough pitching, you need more pitching. In his world you just didn't trade good starting pitchers.

I sure hope trading Clevinger pans out. Our ace on the mound and they give him 1 damn run. Lethargic and pitiful.

Bieber should be 7-0.

yeah half our games scoring 3 runs or less ain't going to cut it, need to find a way to manufacture runs. We really need Tito back

I'm starting to wonder if Tito walks away after this season for health reasons.

I get tired of hearing myself complain ... lol .. Painful to watch these guys at the plate.. What a stable of young arms we have !

I honestly thought he would last year. I don't think he's a well man

If not I thought the plan was for him to step down the end of next year anyways. Further, I always figured there was a succession plan in place for Sandy Alomar to eventually replace Tito this whole time.

I believe he was extended through 2022. Agree, I think they are grooming Sandy Alomar for the job.

Got it. I knew the extension was short-term but wasn't clear until how long.

Wow. Very touching. Class-act right there...

Very cool.

Very cool.

I bet Bauer helped him make it. I remember when Bauer put together his farewell video thanking the Cleveland and the fans and immediately thinking, "the Indians have made terrible mistake trading him!"

Well done, Mike. Thanks for the effort in your time here.

Dammit.

I wonder if Dan Gilbert would consider selling the Cavs and buying the Indians, because I am so tired of watching the team get decimated by the loss of front-line players when they reach a salary status that makes them unviable for local ownership. The last 25 years should have been a golden age of Indians' baseball, but instead we've watched a long line of good (and some great) hitters and pitchers either get traded for prospects, or just flat leave in free agency. The Indians deservedly get a lot of credit for finding and developing pitchers for a while now, but the flip side is that they have come up woefully short in developing outfield and corner infield hitters.

Ranking all the prospects who were dealt
https://www.mlb.com/news/top-prospects-traded-before-mlb-trade-deadline?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

The expansion of Major League Baseball’s postseason format to 16 teams this year made for an exciting Aug. 31 Trade Deadline, as some teams already in the playoff picture pushed their chips all-in to make a blockbuster deal, while others on the brink of contention made deals simply to help improve their postseason odds.

But when it was all over, and the deadline had passed, only one player from MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list, Taylor Trammell, had been dealt, going from the Padres to Seattle as part of a seven-player blockbuster.

That number is down from last year, when five Top 100 prospects were moved ahead of the Deadline. And for additional context, there were two Top 100 prospects traded prior to the 2018 Deadline, seven in ‘17 and eight in ‘16.

Overall, 20 players ranked on team Top 30 lists, as well as several more notable prospects, were traded before this year’s Deadline.

So who were the best prospects to change teams during this period? Below we have ranked each of the 24 prospects who have been traded since the start of the regular season on July 23.



1. Taylor Trammell, OF, Mariners (No. 6/MLB No. 60)
(Acquired with Andres Muñoz, Luis Torrens and Ty France from the Padres for Austin Adams, Austin Nola and Dan Altavilla on Aug. 30)

The highest-ranked prospect traded before the Deadline for a second straight year, Trammell, 22, has now been dealt twice in five seasons since the Reds selected him with the No. 35 overall pick in the 2016 Draft. He batted only .234/.340/.349 with 10 homers and 20 steals last year in his first Double-A campaign, but has long shown the type of across-the-board tools, including an above-average bat and plus speed that helps him impact games on the bases and in the field, needed to develop into an everyday big leaguer.






2. Gabriel Arias, SS, Indians (No. 5)
(Acquired with Cal Quantrill, Josh Naylor, Austin Hedges, Joey Cantillo and Owen Miller from Padres for Mike Clevinger, Greg Allen and PTBN on Aug. 31)

Viewed as one of the top prospects in the 2016-17 international class before signing with the Padres for $1.9 million, Arias was challenged by the Padres repeatedly early in his career, with the club often assigning him to play against much older and advanced competition. Long considered to be a plus defender with a rocket arm at shortstop, Arias made strides at the plate last season as a 19-year-old in the Class A Advanced California League, hitting .302 with 17 homers and 21 doubles.

3. Joey Cantillo, LHP, Indians (No. 15)
(Acquired with Cal Quantrill, Josh Naylor, Austin Hedges, Gabriel Arias and Owen Miller from Padres for Mike Clevinger, Greg Allen and PTBN on Aug. 31)

One of the youngest players in the 2017 Draft, when the Padres selected him in the 16th round from Kailua High School in Hawaii, Cantillo blossomed as a prospect last year in his first full season, posting a 2.26 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and 144/34 K/BB in 111 2/3 innings (22 starts) between Class A Fort Wayne and Class A Advanced Lake Elsinore. While nothing the 20-year-old southpaw throws is particularly overpowering, he has good feel for mixing four pitches, throws tons of strikes and has plenty of durability in his 6-foot-4, 200-pound frame.

7. Owen Miller, SS/2B, Indians (No. 19)
(Acquired with Cal Quantrill, Josh Naylor, Austin Hedges, Gabriel Arias and Joey Cantillo from Padres for Mike Clevinger, Greg Allen and PTBN on Aug. 31)

Miller has done nothing but hit as a pro since signing with the Padres as a third-round pick from Illinois State in 2018. He racked up 100 hits during his pro debut and finished the summer as Double-A San Antonio’s everyday shortstop, then returned to the level in 2019 to hit .290/.355/.430 with 13 homers and 28 doubles. Defensively, the 23-year-old is capable of playing either middle-infield position.

Shane is probably wondering where all of these runs are in his starts ....

Nice to see 5 for the good guys in the 1st 2 innings.

Zach Plesac through four innings in his return to the team: One hit allowed, zero walks, six strikeouts and 10 consecutive hitters retired.

His season ERA is currently down to 1.08.

https://twitter.com/ByRyanLewis/status/1300968617182363649

Franmil Reyes 4-4 tonight, HR, 2 doubles, and a single. He’s on fire!!!

Don't know why we traded Bauers for him ...... (Though, Bauers is having a really nice year for Cincy too)

Reyes with his 5th hit of the night.

Also hit in 7 straight.

Big Lon 3x?

Love when the bats wake up

That is incredible! Fun to watch.

Wahoo! Go, Tribe!

need to keep that offense going..Didn't realize that we drafted Josh's brother Bo, I knew the name sounded familiar. Thats got to be nice for them

Triston McKenzie
First 3 Career Starts

6.0 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 10 K

4.0 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 3 K

6.0 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 6 K

1.69 ERA after 3 games in the big leagues.

https://twitter.com/IndiansStats/status/1301337284298641408