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You guys make it sound like it was Yandy for Bauers.

The "trade" was Yandy for $5million. Bauers was just a throw in.

Lol, well that transaction doesn't get made without Bauers going our way. So there's that.

So ultimately the success of Bauers will dictate how much the trade helped or hurt.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1128398621857042432

Clevinger throwing in bullpen today. Looked like he was going hard.

so will be no more than 2 starts needed by Anderson or Plutko or someone before Clevinger returns.

From Ken Rosenthal:

Why the Indians are falling
To fully understand why the Indians are just two games above .500 in the woeful AL Central, consider the top-heavy nature of their roster, and how it was reflected in Fangraphs’ version of Wins Above Replacement (fWAR) last season.

Six players — third baseman José Ramírez, shortstop Francisco Lindor and right-handed starters Trevor Bauer, Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco and Mike Clevinger — accounted for 36.3 of the team’s 50.4 fWAR (72 percent).

Now jump to this season.

After 40 games, those same six players are contributing less to a lesser club, combining for 3.2 fWAR of the team’s 5.9 fWAR (54.2 percent). The Indians’ position players as a group have produced -0.2 fWAR, which ranks next-to-last in the majors, ahead of only the Marlins. Ramírez is batting .193 with a .584 OPS. Lindor was out until April 20 with a strained right calf and left ankle sprain, and only in the past 10 days has started to get hot.

The Indians’ pitchers rank third in fWAR, behind only the Rays and Reds, thanks in part to the contributions from relievers Brad Hand, Nick Wittgren and Adam Cimber. But their starting pitching, even while fifth in the AL in ERA, remains in a tenuous state. Bauer and Shane Bieber are pitching well, but Carrasco’s ERA is 4.91 and Kluber and Clevinger are on the injured list.

Perhaps the Indians will get a jolt from the promotion of top outfield prospect Oscar Mercado, who was batting .294 with a .892 OPS at Triple A. But the team lost a number of important players in the offseason while making precious few upgrades. Their lack of depth left them vulnerable. And they are suffering for it.

which probably means he'll be injured on the DL soon with the rest of the Yankees roster.
Lucky for them Gio Urshela has come through in a big way. Someplace I read he was rated the Yankees top player of the first 1/4 of the season. Hand was similarly rated for the Indians.

It’s time to get excited people!

It is happening!

There is no stopping them now!

Zimmer will be DHing in Arizona this weekend. And Danny Salazar is back to throwing sides!!

Any day now!

Hold your breath, it is safe to do so. Very soon!

And Ken Rosenthal is reporting that before the Reds released Matt Kemp, the Indians were the only team showing interest in him via trade. "Mild interest".

Rosenthal also said the Indians tried to add Gio Gonzalez after he opted out of his contract early this year.

I don't have enough breath available to hold for Danny Sslazar's return.

An MRI revealed swelling behind Tyler Naquin's knee.
That's on top of the calf injury that sent him to the injured list earlier this week. Per manager Terry Francona, Naquin won't resume baseball activities for another two weeks. The 28-year-old has hit .278 with a homer, 10 RBI and three steals this season.

SOURCE: Mandy Bell on Twitter
May 16, 2019, 9:33 PM ET

civ ollilavad wrote:I don't have enough breath available to hold for Danny Sslazar's return.

Naquin like many of our No,. 1 draft pick outfielders is injury plagued. That will allow Mercado some time to relax and show if he's ready for the big time.

Any coach will tell you the most important ability is availability. I wanted to give Naquin a good look but dude can’t stay on the field long enough to get a good look.

Two 1st round draft picks, Chisenhall and Naquin. And looks like we’ll end up having to let both go. That is a blow to a small market team, and major reason why our OF is weak now. Two big misses cause they can’t stay healthy.

Zimmer could be the same. Clint Frazier may be turn out to be the best of all those 1st round OF picks, although he has had slow to recover issues too.
Then there are Benson and Holmes playing in Lake County. No injuries yet to derail them but they have long roads to climb