PREAMBLE
Get younger. Get more athletic. Get better defensively. Cleveland West.
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE PLAYERS
- Lucas Giolito: $10.8M TENDER
- Dylan Cease: $5.3M TENDEREST
- Reynaldo López; $3.3M TENDER
- Adam Engel: $2.3M NON-TENDER
- Michael Kopech: $2.2M TENDER
- Kyle Crick: $1.5M WHO?
- José Ruiz: $1M I GUESS
- Danny Mendick: $1M IS HE STILL ON THE TEAM?
CLUB OPTIONS
- Tim Anderson: $12.5M ($1M buyout) PICK UP
- Josh Harrison: $5.625M ($1.5M buyout WE HAVE TO LET YOU GO BECAUSE SOME (Expletive) SIGNED LEURY FOR 16 MILLION DOLLARS
PLAYER OPTIONS
- José Abreu (Made $18M in 2021) MY WIFE WILL MISS YOU
- Johnny Cueto ($4.2M) MY SON WILL MISS YOU
- Vince Velasquez ($3M) NO ONE WILL MISS YOU
- Elvis Andrus ($14.25M) WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE ELVIS NIGHTAJ Pollock: $13M ($5 million buyout) EXERCISED
MANAGER
Tony Vitello, current head coach of the University of Tennessee
FREE AGENTS
Dansby Swanson, 7 years, 189 million dollars
Dylan Cease, 7 years, 175 million dollars
Andrew McCutheon, 1 year, 6.75 million dollars
TRADES
Tim Anderson to the Boston Red Sox for CF Jarren Duran, #8 prospect SS Mikey Romero, and #16 prospect IF Brainer Bonaci
Luis Robert to the Houston Astros for OF Chas McCormick, #1 prospect P Hunter Brown, and 6th round 2022 draft pick C Collin Price
Eloy Jimenez to the Miami Marlins for #8 prospect P Dax Fulton and #9 prospect C Joe Mack
Lucas Giolito to the Los Angeles Dodgers for #24 prospect P Michael Grove and #30 prospect OF Ryan Ward
Aaron Bummer to the Arizona Diamondbacks for #13 prospect OF Dominic Fletcher and #30 prospect P Justin Martinez
Liam Hendriks to the New York Yankees for IF/OF Oswaldo Cabrera, #6 prospect SS Trey Sweeney, and 8th round 2022 draft pick SS Brett Barrera
Lance Lynn to the St. Louis Cardinals for #17 prospect P Austin Love and #25 prospectC Jimmy Crooks
SUMMARY
Roster:
Starters: LF McCormick CF Duran RF Oscar Colas 3B Yoan Moncada (untradeable) SS Swanson 2B Cabrera 1B Andrew Vaughn DH Gavin Sheets C Yasmani Grandal (untradeable);
Bench-IF/OF Leury Garcia (untradeable) IF/OF Zach Remillard OF McCutheon C Seby Zavala;
Rotation-Cease, Brown, Kopech, Grove, Reynaldo Lopez; Bullpen-Jimmy Lambert, Sean Burke, Joe Kelly (untradeable), Jake Diekman, Kendall Graveman, Garret Crochet, Matt Foster, Jose Ruiz
