All winter long, Reds Country was clamoring for any information they could find regarding a potential trade with the Indians revolving around Cleveland’s All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor. Rumors swirled throughout the hot stove season that the Indians would entertain deals for Lindor and many pundits had pegged the Reds as one of the most serious suitors for his services.
There’s an old adage in baseball that says sometimes the best trades are the ones you don’t make. Nowhere is that more evident than the deal that didn’t happen between the Reds and Indians. With the coronavirus altering every facet of American society, a trade for Lindor would have left the Reds void of any young cost-controlled assets for what would have amounted to a season and a half of Lindor, at best.