Lindor to Mets (Rosario-related)

[Yardball85]

The Mets are getting Lindor and Carrasco for a package including Rosario, Gimenez, Greene, and Josh Wolf.  I would imagine the Indians want to play the better prospect, Gimenez.  What would it take to get Rosario for the O's?  Bad 2020 with 0 WAR, but a solid 2019 with a .755 OPS and 2.2 WAR.  Defensive numbers aren't as good as I had hoped.  Thoughts?

[oriole]

I’d rather play Martin full time than send any level prospect for a not so great SS who is entering arbitration. 
 

With that being said, I’d welcome the idea if we were to claim him and get him for nothing. 

[Yardball85]

17 minutes ago, oriole said:

I’d rather play Martin full time than send any level prospect for a not so great SS who is entering arbitration. 
 

With that being said, I’d welcome the idea if we were to claim him and get him for nothing. 

Fair point.  I think I'd still rather see him over Martin, though.

[bpilktree]

I don’t see why you would add Rosario as he is just average to below level shortstop who is arbitration eligible and expected to make 1.25-1.5 million this year.  If they are getting him I see more of thought he bounce back this year and guy you can get  more back in a trade next year.  The Indians also have Yu Chang who is 25 has not had success at major league level but been decent player at AAA who looks to be pushed out here and might make more sense as cheap replacement.

[LookinUp]

Mets about to build a $300 million payroll. lol

[bpilktree]

7 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

Mets about to build a $300 million payroll. lol

I believe they actually save money in Lindor though because they get off hook from Cano and his 26 million.  

[LookinUp]

Wait for the contract.

[Yardball85]

2 hours ago, bpilktree said:

I don’t see why you would add Rosario as he is just average to below level shortstop who is arbitration eligible and expected to make 1.25-1.5 million this year.  If they are getting him I see more of thought he bounce back this year and guy you can get  more back in a trade next year.  The Indians also have Yu Chang who is 25 has not had success at major league level but been decent player at AAA who looks to be pushed out here and might make more sense as cheap replacement.

For sure, yeah.  I'm not beating the drum for this guy or anything.  I have a good friend who is a Mets fan and he talks up Rosario a lot.  Just wanted to hear everyone's opinions.

[Sports Guy]

He was worth close to 3 fWAR in 2019.  My guess is that was a little over his head and he is a 1-2 WAR player in a full season.  
 

If you could get him for a player like Jarrett or someone like that who is outside your top 30 (or even 2 players like that), I would probably be ok with it.  
 

But he doesn’t really jump off the page as really good at one thing, so he’s not someone I would be clamoring For.

[oriole]

4 hours ago, Yardball85 said:

Fair point.  I think I'd still rather see him over Martin, though.

Yeah, me too if it were a waiver claim. Not if we have to give up anything though. 

[Frobby]

If the Indians didn’t want Rosario, why was he included in the trade?

[Yardball85]

12 hours ago, Frobby said:

If the Indians didn’t want Rosario, why was he included in the trade?

Probably because he's redundant on the Mets with Lindor, so they wanted to move him.  Maybe the Indians think they can get something if they flip him, or try him out in the middle with Gimenez.  The real gem of the trade was Gimenez for sure.

[Sports Guy]

Lots of money coming his way

 

[Aristotelian]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Lots of money coming his way

 

Bummer. I was hoping Elias had a master plan to cut payroll to the bone and then go all out for Lindor. I also wanted him in a walk year situation for my fantasy team. 

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

Bummer. I was hoping Elias had a master plan to cut payroll to the bone and then go all out for Lindor. I also wanted him in a walk year situation for my fantasy team. 

Nah...this is likely to end up a regrettable contract.