GS, agree, good teams match, but you also know salary, and future salary, is a big concern for CLE.
CLE positional ranking within mlb:
catcher: 30th
DH: 29th
RF: 26th
They look pretty committed from first to third, but maybe Knizner, Yepez, Burleson or Carlson would be affordable enough with club control to be of interest to them.
You’re not going to get an ace for the names I just mentioned, but moving any of these players would help thin out our redundent depth.
Knizner is light years ahead of their catcher last night. He may have sneaky good trade value at a position of quality scarcity.
Carlson as a CF’r is another hard position to fill, and his affordable club control helps increase our return.
I doubt they’d want O’Neill, but he could be thrown in. CLE knows his arb3 needs to be tendered next winter and they could audition him knowing they have a cost free bailout built in.