Cleveland Indians Should Sign Barry Bonds Immediately
The Cleveland Indians will be playing exhibition baseball for the remainder of this season.
Barry Bonds isn’t playing baseball because there is no team that wants to deal with the media hype that will follow him.
The Indians should sign Bonds immediately (don’t worry it’s just temporary). The season can’t get any worse for the Tribe, they have nothing to lose. Signing Bonds can only improve things.
The media hype will come and pass within a week to ten days. This will give teams that are headed to the playoffs a chance to see if Bonds still has it.
While he is with the Indians Bonds will have an opportunity to prove that he can still play and diffuse all of the media hype. This will result in Arizona, Chicago and Tampa on the phone asking for Barry.
I’m certain that if the Indians play this right they can deal Bonds at the trading deadline for at least a AA starting outfielder if not a AAA back up catcher.
In addition to acquiring Bonds I think Ritchie Sexon, Kenny Lofton, and Julio Franco would be excellent additions to the team.