Indians reportedly targeting Brewers’ Lucroy

KANSAS CITY — The Indians recently lost starting catcher Yan Gomes for at least six weeks due to a right shoulder injury. The Brewers have one of the trade market’s top chips in catcher Jonathan Lucroy. It makes sense that the clubs would now be linked in reported trade talks.

On Wednesday, ESPN reported the Indians are in talks regarding Lucroy, who would present a clear upgrade over their current catching situation. A source told MLB.com that, while the Indians are open-minded to multiple avenues to improve the roster, seeking bullpen help via a trade remains the primary objective.

Neither Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti, nor Brewers assistant GM Matt Arnold would comment on the report.

On Tuesday, Antonetti addressed a variety of trade-related topics with reporters at Kauffman Stadium and said that adding catching help was not a main focus for the team at the moment. Antonetti expressed faith in the ability of Roberto Perez and Chris Gimenez to handle the catching duties in Gomes’ absence.

“We’ve said from the beginning that we think Roberto has a chance to be a really good Major League catcher,” Antonetti said. “Unfortunately, he had an injury earlier this year, but now he’s back healthy and will get that opportunity to do that. It’s not an area we’re focused on right now. We believe in the guys that we have.

“Both Roberto and Chris have great familiarity with our pitchers and both have done a very good job of leading the staff when they’ve been asked to do so.”

“We’ll have the …

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