The Cleveland Indians didn’t go full-blown fire sale at the trade deadline. This team isn’t so bad that it needed to be “blown up”, but it definitely had some pieces that needed to be moved. The belief was for the Indians to get the most value back, they would need to trade one of their young and talented starting pitchers. Most are under team control for several years which is always appealing to teams.
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In the end, the Tribe parted with players that while valuable, likely didn’t fit into the future plans.