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 various sources confirm that Puerto Rican, one of the best shortstops in all of MLB arrive at the New York Mets andin a mega swap that includes to different potentials and major league players.
According to reports from Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Jeff Passan of ESPN and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Cleveland is sending its star Lindor, along with pitcher Carlos “Cookie” Carrasco to Queens, while the Mets would send a package instead. of 4 players.
The players the Mets would offer Cleveland are shortstop Amed Rosario, defender Andres Gimenez and two potential top pitchers Josh Wolf and outfielder Isaiah Greene.
With this change, Cleveland is losing just over $ 40 million in salary for next season, which they have been looking to do since the off-season began, as Lindor is in his final year of contract and is most likely in arbitration will receive about 30 million.