Tuesday morning started the same way most mornings start for fans of Cleveland baseball during the offseason: with a report stating that
— the team has no money to spend
— the team is itching to trade away a likable veteran or two
This time it was Paul Hoynes, and he was talking about Shane Bieber and Emmanuel Clase. Gobs and gobs of TV money isn’t enough for Paul Dolan. $20M of it is likely to be missing this year. The team wants you to think that means $20M has to come off the payroll. But this is nonsense.