Here are the scouting reports for Brownand González.Saúl González, a 6-foot-7 specimen armed with high heat, was the return. The Cubs and Mets couldn’t agree on a trade for Contreras, but the two teams consummated a swap for reliever Mychal Givens.In return, Chicago gets 6-foot-6 RHP Ben Brown. The Cubs and Phillies agreed on a trade for closer David Robertson.At the end of a highly-charged two days of trading, Chicago’s biggest deal was trading Scott Effross for Hayden Wesneski.That guy can’t retire soon enough, am I right? Oh yeah, the Cubs actually went back to playing baseball last night and were shut out 6-0by Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals.He was really put through the rumor wringer the last two weeks. You have to feel sorry for Contreras, though. I’ve been tough on Hoyer, but he may have played this perfectly for the ball club. However, it’s obvious this morning that the front office has plenty of options from which to choose, and they refused to let other teams force their hand. Make no mistake, I’d love to see the Cubs sign both All-Stars. The Cubs just need to figure out how their bullpen will sort itself out after trading four relievers this week. They should still qualify for the lottery, but the Nationals, Reds, and A’s should steamroll to 100 or more losses and the best chances to win next year’s top pick.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that keeping Happ and Contreras reduces the chances that the Cubs will finish in the bottom three of baseball. He and Nico Hoerner offer the versatility that the front office and manager David Ross love. Happ wants to be a part of the team’s future and could be, but if the team wants to trade him, they’ll have a bigger market this winter because it seems the switch-hitter has a nice forward trajectoryafter struggling so much earlier in his career. Give him credit for kicking that can down the road, as it were. With Happ, Hoyer stuck to his guns and refused to sell low. But this is the Cubs we are talking about, and Tom Ricketts still controls the purse strings. The thought of signing premier players because you have those extra picks sounds like the right way to conduct business. It’s worth considering though, and it certainly gives the front office some extra redundancy.ĭoubling down on that notion, Hoyer and GM Carter Hawkins might decide to do the same thing with Happ next summer. I don’t want to give the president of baseball operations too much credit here, and besides, it’s a risky move if that’s his plan. That raises an interesting situation.ĭoes Hoyer actually need an extra draft pick after he’s packed the farm system with so many potentially great young players? Not really.
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It worked out well because the Nationals won the World Series in 2019 thanks in part to Corbin.īecause the league and the MLBPA couldn’t agree on an international draft this year, the qualifying offer system still exists.
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The Harper situation is somewhat comparable to Contreras in that Washington forfeited its compensatory pick that year (I believe) because they signed Patrick Corbin from the Diamondbacks in free agency. The Cubs didn’t have a stockpile that included Max Scherzer, Trea Turner, and Juan Soto as tradeable assets, so they have taken a much more measured approach, filling spots at different levels of their system with higher-ceiling but lower-ranked players. We never got to that place where we felt comfortable making a deal.”īefore we get into the reasons why Hoyer didn’t trade All-Stars Willson Contreras or Ian Happ, let me ask you this: Whose (it’s not a) rebuild do you favor? The Nationals have acquired a lot of top prospects over the last two deadlines, and imagine the system they’d have if they’d traded Bryce Harper a few years ago.
“We were willing to listen if someone gave us a piece that could really help our future,” Hoyer told reporters via Zoom. In the aftermath of Tuesday’s frenzied trade deadline, Jed Hoyer offered a quote that will now live in infamy: “Well, I got all this time to be waiting for what is mine.” – Counting Crows, Hangingaround
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