CLEVELAND: A six-game losing streak over the course of a 162-game season isn’t likely to completely alter a team’s plans at the trade deadline. But in the Indians’ case, it might have erased a few options as Friday’s non-waiver trade deadline approaches.
Indians General Manager Chris Antonetti said last week that the team was targeting players who would be more than just a two-month rental. Still, the team was taking and making phone calls.
The recent six-game skid at home might have closed some doors for the Indians in terms of players they might have been looking to acquire who, perhaps, weren’t under control past 2015 or 2016.