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Andrés Giménez was a very popular guy in the Cleveland Guardians clubhouse. From Steven Kwan to Brayan Rocchio, many of his former teammates showed sadness and disappointment in social media when they heard the now former Guardians second baseman was getting traded to the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Guardians made the biggest trade of the winter meetings on Tuesday night. They followed it with another trade a few hours later. The net result was one starting pitcher, three prospects, the dumping of almost $100 million in salary and a wide open competition at second base,

Toronto will have a $23 million option to retain Gimenez for 2030. Toronto will be paying all of the remaining contract. 1- The Guardians likely felt Gimenez’ remaining contract value was far more than they wanted to invest in a middle-infielder.

The Toronto Blue Jays massively upgraded their infield defense on Tuesday, completing a trade with the Cleveland Guardians to acquire three-time Gold Glove winner Andrés Giménez, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Guardians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti offered a glimpse Friday at players currently on the major league roster, and a few still in the farm system, who could get the first chance to take the place of departed Gold Glove second baseman Andrés Giménez.

Andres Gimenez has been traded, as was Carlos Carrasco before him. I have been reflecting on Gimenez being unexpectedly dealt to Toronto this week, and I have some thoughts to share for Guardians’ fans.