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July 23, 2015it’s not exactly selling high, but it appears that the Cleveland Indians have made third baseman, and former first-round draft pick, Lonnie Chisenhall available for trade. ESPN.com’s Buster Olney reports that the inexpensive Chisenhall could be the target of a team looking for a left-handed bat to fill a utility spot.
Selected with the 29th pick in the 2008 MLB Amateur Draft, Chisenhall has largely failed to live up to his billing. With his best season coming in 2014 (.280/.343/.427), the 26-year old regressed a bit this year, barely hitting above the Mendoza Line (.209) through 52 games with the big league team. With both he and the team struggling, the Indians demoted Chisenhall earlier this summer, calling up prospect third baseman Giovanny Urshela. Since being sent to Columbus, Chisenhall has been raking, producing a slash line of .390/.456.676 in 27 games.
A top-25 prospect in 2011, “Lonnie Baseball” is in the last pre-arbitration year of his rookie deal, Chisenhall is owed just $900,000 between now and the end of the season. He joins right fielder Brandon Moss, shortstop Jose Ramirez, and platoon outfielders Ryan Raburn and David Murphy as players being linked to trade rumors heading up to the July 31 deadline.
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Hell, if he’s owed “just $900 between now and the end of the season,” I’ll take on his contract. He can clean the house and cut the grass. Probably won’t make that many errors.
I laughed.
Yea but he’ll probably do it all shirtless which could cause marital issues if one was married.
Ramirez, Raburn, and Murphy have been linked to pure speculation by sportswriters trying to fill space, not actual rumors.
thank you
I rarely believe in trading a player for the player’s sake, especially a first rounder that the team has sunk so much time and effort into. But looks to me like Lonnie will never just relax and hit for this org, that it’s a mental thing. For two months last year he was going with the pitch, dumping those sliders into left field. And then they stopped falling in so often, and then he reverted. If they can get a decent AA prospect I’d let him go. He can go to a place where peeps aren’t so disappointed, change his name to Ronnie and see if that helps.
I don’t understand why it’s so difficult. It’s not the end of the world or anything, but it’s a very annoying, blatant misrepresentation.
I’ll take him on the Cubs and give you Vogelbach or Duane Underwood. Deal.