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Toronto Blue Jay Andrés Giménez celebrates his two run home run as Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, left, and Isiah Kiner-Falefa (7) look on during the third inning in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Thursday in Seattle.

When Cleveland traded Andrés Giménez to Toronto in the off-season, baseball wonks praised the deal.

Giménez was a reliable gold glove at second base, but he hadn’t developed into the banger the Guardians had hoped for when they gave him a hundred-million-dollar deal.

Flipping him gave the club that thing most cherished by baseball executives – flexibility.

Cleveland GM Kevin Mike Chernoff explained the good sense of all this back in December. He also told MLB Radio there were dissenters. His kids cried when he told them about the de

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