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Jordan Bastian ‏@MLBastian 7m7 minutes ago

Lucroy still hasn't officially waived his no-trade clause, but have sense the deal will happen. Mejia, Chang, Allen, Armstrong in package.
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Mike Petriello ‏@mike_petriello 17s17 seconds ago

Feels like if CLE is going this far, can't stop now. 3B/OF corners are still weak. Doesn't require a star. Pearce? Reddick? Beltran?
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Nick Fink ‏@finkn23 3m3 minutes ago

The Indians did not "gut" their farm system in either deal. They used a lot of their depth, but they still have most of their top guys
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Chris Hoover ‏@c30hoov 5m5 minutes ago

@NickCaminoWTAM I give Dolans credit, they said they will go for it, when time is right, and my lord are they ever. Major props
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Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reports that the Yankees have acquired Tyler Clippard from the Diamondbacks.

Smart move for Yankees, new setup guy for their new closer, superstud Betances.

Not that we care, but Yankees, between Chapman trade, Miller trade, have really reloaded intelligently.
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He says the Brewers GM is going to explain it to the press soon so we'll find out. But my guess is he wanted a big extension and the Indians told him no. Well, at least that's what my man said ...

Indians Prospective
One issue I'm hearing is that Lucroy is asking & wants a long-term extension from #Indians & then he will agree to deal if parameters fit.

He tweeted that last night.

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If not Norris (catcher), then go get another bat. Without surrenduring anything major.

A Reddick, a Beltran type.

If catcher ends up still being an offensive black hole, another bat is the next logical step.
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This makes sense:

Mark ‏@CLESportPrspctv 1m1 minute ago

My guess is Lucroy wanted club option for '17 declined for waiving no trade clause. Tribe didn't want to give up that much for rental
.

We know the Tribe hates rentals. Beltran different, would be cheaper.
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Buster Olney Verified account
‏@Buster_ESPN

Sources: Effort to convince Lucroy to change his mind and accept CLE trade will continue.

Tony Lastoria ‏@TonyIBI 1m1 minute ago

Tony Lastoria Retweeted Buster Olney

As I was saying. This is not dead. Brewers-Indians have invested too much into this. Let's see what happens.
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