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Mets Trade: Payroll Increases By $30 Million With Francisco Lindor Deal 01/07/21 AT 2:02 PM Steve Cohen’s purchase of the New York Mets is already starting to pay dividends with a blockbuster trade that will increase the team’s payroll significantly. New York has agreed to acquire infielder Francisco Lindor and starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco from the Cleveland Indians. The Mets will send Amed Rosario and Andres Gimenez to the Indians, along with prospects Josh Wolf and Isaiah Greene, according to MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo. Unwilling to match MLB’s biggest spenders under previous own...

How did it come to this? How did Cleveland get to the point of not only trading its magnetic, magnificent star shortstop, Francisco Lindor, but also a frontline veteran starter in Carlos Carrasco to a team from New York (not the Yankees, thankfully, but still pretty painful) for a four-player

They'll now do it without Lindor. Knowing they could never meet his price, Cleveland dealt the four-time All-Star and pitcher Carlos Carrasco to the New York Mets, who have a new owner willing to spend at baseball's highest levels in order to get his franchise back on top. The cash-strapped team sent Lindor and Carrasco to the Mets on Thursday for young infielders Andrés Giménez and Amed Rosario, and two minor league prospects: right-hander Josh Wolf and outfielder Isaiah Greene. It's a move Cleveland hopes can keep it competitive and capable of ending baseball’s longest title drought.

Mega deal: Cleveland Indians trade star Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carrasco to New York Mets FILE - Cleveland Indians' Francisco Lindor runs after hitting a double against the Chicago White Sox during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, in this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, file photo. The Cleveland Indians have agreed to trade four-time All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor and pitcher Carlos Carrasco to the New York Mets, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told the Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) Nam Y. Huh FILE - Cleveland Indians starting ...

New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay wonders if managing partner Hal Steinbrenner is feeling like he has to hike the 2021 payroll to counter the New York Mets' offseason spending.