NOVEMBER 7: It’s “believed” that a new deal is in place, per Jon Heyman of Fancred (via Twitter), though there’s still no clear confirmation of that.
OCTOBER 17: The Indians are in discussions with general manager Mike Chernoff about a contract extension, according to ESPN.com’s Buster Olney (via Twitter).
The likelihood of a deal being struck, and on what terms, isn’t yet apparent. Indeed, little is known about Chernoff’s existing contract status.
Chernoff was promoted to the GM seat just over three years ago, with Chris Antonetti ascending to become the president of baseball operations. But there was no indication at the time of the duration of his contract at that time, and it does not appear as if it has been reported in the interim.
It’s not hard to understand why the Cleveland organization remains happy with its front office mix. Since the pair of leaders were promoted, the ballclub has reeled off three-straight AL Central titles. While the team hasn’t been as successful in the postseason over the past two seasons as it was in 2016, when it nearly won the World Series, the overall results have been excellent.
While the front office has been allowed to dip into the pocketbook a bit more of late, the key drivers of the organization’s success have been a pair of superstars (Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez) and trio of outstanding starters (Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco, and Trevor Bauer) who were wisely compiled through the draft, international market, and trades. Chernoff and Antonetti will now be tasked with building a new group of accompanying players to keep the competitive baseball going.
Whether or not the talks with Chernoff are of recent vintage isn’t known. Neither is it evident whether Antonetti is also up for a new deal. It does seem that the negotiations with Chernoff may help explain why the New Jersey native declined to take an interview with the Mets, who are looking for new front office leadership.
Good GM, Hasn’t made to many bad moves while making a lot of great ones. Definitely one of the best in the game at his job.
The only other possible candidate would be Elizabeth Warren…….you gotta be into analytics to understand 1/1064…….
That is funny.
She is an original Indian
When I first read your comment I thought it said organic.
I’d imagine that another reason Chernoff didn’t interview with the Mets is because their new GM apparently won’t have complete power (I think it was somewhere in the post on here about their GM search) so he wouldn’t really have any more control there than he would in Cleveland
Reward the guy who let Aguilar go? Balderdash!
That was a huge mistake, Indians front office was to enamored with Carlos Santana and his .220 batting average so we let Aguilar walk for nothing
Yes, but Santana sees LIKE a TON of pitches and walks LIKE a REALLY lot. LIKE.
Decides, RBI is overrated. Just read the articles, chats, and comments here.
Santana never hit in the .220s with Cleveland. He averaged 3.3 bWar his final two years with the Tribe, which is right on par with Aguilar, For ever waiver player that succeeds, there’s probably 10 others that failed to do anything significant. The roster crunch just wasn’t in Aguilar’s favor.
Need to be discussing extension with Brantley and move him to 1st Base….trade Alonzo for bullpen help…..
Definitely agree with the above….but can’t see Tribe signing him for what his perceived value is and he wants a multi year deal.
Really? Think anybody would take Alonso and his contract off their hands that easy?
I don’t think there is a large market for Alonzo. Wasn’t great, but wasn’t horrible either. You wouldn’t get anything better than a mid-level prospect at the best, which is not helping the bullpen immediately. And his salary is very reasonable for his production.
I thought he was poor defensively……and just ok hitting. I would rather go with
Yandy at first and sign another 3rd baseman.
The real GM is still Antonetti.