Every season, at some point in July, all baseball teams have to decide if they’re sellers or buyers. Or in the case of the Kansas City Royals, hold tight and prayers. (I’m not complaining – the Royals failure to recognize the obvious and let Lorenzo Cain get away for nothing last year was brilliant from a Cleveland Indians fan point of view).
The Indians have been buyers recently and sellers in the past.
Let’s look at the deals and see what worked out best. For the purposes of this article, we will consider success as follows:
When buying: You wind up going farther in the current season than you would have without the trade.