BREAKING: New York Mets and Cleveland Indians Pull Off Massive 6 Player Trade For Francisco Lindor

January 7, 2021, 12:51pm EST (Updated: January 18, 2023, 5:57pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

According to ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan, the New York Mets and the Cleveland Indians just pulled off a massive trade.

The New York Mets are finalizing a deal to acquire Francisco Lindor from the Cleveland Indians.

So far what we know of the New York-Cleveland blockbuster:

Mets get: SS Francisco Lindor and RHP Carlos Carrasco (as @Feinsand reported)

Cleveland gets: SS Andres Gimenez, RHP Josh Wolf, OF Isaiah Greene
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) January 7, 2021

The Mets will also be getting Carlos Carrasco from the Indians in the Lindor deal, per source.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) January 7, 2021

If the deal is completed as expected, shortstop Andres Gimenez would be part of the package going back to the Indians, sources told Passan.

Since his MLB debut in 2015, Lindor ranks first among all shortstops in WAR (28.4), home runs (138) and extra-base hits, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.