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PT TOMORROW: AL Central—Will Cleveland's big deadline deal be enough?
Aug 5 2019
The days leading up to the trade deadline were interesting for Cleveland, as they attempted to thread the needle between rebuild and reload and competing now, all while keeping their eye on the AL Central crown. They traded away workhorse starter Trevor Bauer (RHP, CIN) in a three-team deal with Cincinnati and San Diego that saw Yasiel Puig (OF, CLE) and Franmil Reyes (OF, CLE), among others, arrive to shore up the outfield and designated hitter slot and add some much-needed power to the middle of its lineup. As a team, Cleveland has hit 145 home runs on the season, while Puig and Reyes arrive having hit 49 homers between them, which should help improve on the team’s current ranking of tenth in runs scored in the...
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