Dodgers Reportedly Stay Aggressive and Float Corey Seager in Francisco Lindor and Mookie Betts Talks
By Sean Facey
The Dodgers don't seem keen on passing up the opportunity to trade for some elite talent.
According to Bob Nightengale, Los Angeles is dangling star shortstop Corey Seager in an attempt to stay aggressive in trade talks for either Francisco Lindor (and Mike Clevinger) or Mookie Betts.
The #Dodgers are the team to watch. They are being very aggressive in pursuit of Francisco Lindor and Mike Clevinger of Cleveland and remain in contact with the #Redsox on Mookie Betts. SS Corey Seager is their top trade chip veteran players.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 22, 2019
To say that Seager is an enticing piece would be a grotesque understatement. The 25-year-old is a two-time All-Star and owner of a career .853 OPS. He's also under team control for another two seasons at a fraction of the cost of the two stars he's being used as bait for.
Both the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox would be foolish not to at least consider a trade package headlined by Seager. It's not every day that a team is willing to offer an elite major league player in exchange for another.
Here’s a Francisco Lindor and Corey Seager, 2019 comp:
— . (@BigRedNati) December 22, 2019
Lindor: 4.7 WAR, .854 OPS, 118 OPS+, 32 HR, 9 DRS.
Seager: 4 WAR, .817 OPS, 113 OPS+, 19 HR, 9 DRS (113 less PA’s).
After further research, I think it actually makes more sense to acquire Seager and keep Senzel.
The Indians in particular could benefit greatly from acquiring Seager. He'd be the perfect replacement for Lindor at shortstop. As for the Red Sox, they could potentially try him out at second base, a major position of need for them.
Whatever the case may be, the fact that he's even involved in trade discussions proves that the Dodgers are serious in their pursuit of even more superstar talent to help make yet another run at the World Series.