Jon Heyman's Trade Ideas

[Soriano12]

I'd let Cabrera play SS and pitch every 5 days, if it meant him coming here.

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Is Teixeira even a good outfielder. I know he played like 20-30 games in LF and RF his whole career, but adding him would give us 2 gold glove first basemen. Would he be so inclined to move to RF after he's established himself as a dominant defensive 1B?

 

Not that I think we'll get Tex in the first place :?

 

I'm fairly confident he'd be good enough.

 

It's hard to say if he'd move. But ARod moved to 3B, and he was inline to being the greatest SS of all time. Chipper moved to the outfield, and then back to third. Guys move positions pretty frequently. If the Cubs traded for him, I don't think he'd sit out, or grumble. And if they offered him a market friendly contract, I'd bet he'd be willing to stay as a corner OF instead for forcing himself to another team where he could play 1B.

 

ARod moved to 3rd b/c Jeter's a moron and ARod thought it would help him win a WS. Chipper moved to the OF b/c he's been a Brave his whole life and thought it would help the team.

 

Unless Teixeira is a huge Cubs fan and always wanted to play for us or is under the mistaken belief that the Cubs are 1 Mark Teixeira away from a WS, I'd be surprised if he came here knowing he'd have to move to the OF. Why wouldn't he go somewhere that would allow him to play his natural position and be on a good team? It's the rare player that signs with a crappy team with the understanding that he'll have to change positions.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

If Tex is traded, he has no say in where he plays for at least his year and next. After that, he can do as he pleases.

 

I still don't think it would be a good idea to get him without at least seeing how he'd feel about the move.