McRanger92
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He has leverage via arbitration. A 1-year arbitration award would bring him to free agency, and we wouldn't be able to trade him before then.
The minimum award for the team to walk away is 4.74 mil, which Lindgren almost certainly won't get, so we'd be stuck with him on an immovable 1-year contract.
He can play on the arbitration award and walk next summer if he wants. The cap space and spot in the lineup he'd free up is valuable enough by itself. he chose a bad time to have the worst season of his career imo.