After many months of speculation about the future of the Puerto Rican Francisco Lindor in the Cleveland franchise and its possible change, this has finally come true, as several sources confirm the Puerto Rican one of the best shortstop in all of MLB to achieve to the New York Mets andna megaswap with to different prospects and players of the Major League.
According to information from Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Jeff Passan of ESPN and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Cleveland is sending his star Lindor, along with pitcher Carlos “Cookie” Carrasco, to Queens, while the Mets would send a package in return. of 4 players.
The players who would give the Mets Cleveland are shortstop Amed Rosario, infielder Andres Gimenez and two top players in pitcher Josh Wolf and outfielder Isaiah Greene.
With this change, Cleveland will lose just over $ 40 million in payroll wages for the next season, something they’ve been looking for since the start of the off-season, as Lindor is in his final contract year and very likely will be in arbitration for about Get 30 million.