Matt Loede of "Cleveland Baseball Insider" talks about the latest with former Indians OF Yasiel Puig, who told a newspaper that he had an offer from the Marlins he turned down, and also he doesn't see baseball being played in 2020 at all.
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00:00 Hi everybody, I'm Matt Lodi with Cleveland Baseball Insider here on SI.com.
00:05 Indians fans spent much of the offseason hoping that the team would go out and make a big
00:08 deal for an outfielder, a position of need on this squad.
00:11 Many fans were hoping the team would pick up Yasiel Puig, who was with the Tribe for
00:14 a while last year in the trade that sent Trevor Bauer to the Cincinnati Reds.
00:18 Puig played well last year for the Indians, hitting .297 with a pair of home runs.
00:22 Instead, though, the Indians went out and got a much cheaper alternative in Domingo
00:26 Santana, who last year played for the Seattle Mariners and was a free agent.
00:30 Puig told the local newspaper the El Nuevo Herald that right now he doesn't think there's
00:34 going to be a 2020 season of Major League Baseball and they should plan to get ready
00:38 for 2021.
00:39 He also told the paper that he had a deal on the table from the Miami Marlins but wanted
00:43 more years and more money, two reasons the Indians are without Puig today.
00:47 For Cleveland Baseball Insider, I'm Matt Lodi on SI.com.