Could Gio Urshela or Erik Gonzalez be traded before Opening Day?

Indians manager Terry Francona has anxiety over the looming decision the Indians will need to make on their infield. Gio Urshela and Erik Gonzalez are both out of options, and there isn’t likely to be room for both of them on the squad. Obviously, things could change between now and opening day, but it makes you wonder: Could one of them be traded? There probably won’t be many cost-controlled decent infielders available, so perhaps one of the two could net the Tribe a relief arm between now and then.

Indians N&N

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• Meanwhile, Dan Salazar has been throwing baseballs 75 ft

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Around beisbol

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• Just prior to this trade, Jeff Sullivan wrote about the Rays

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