Hoyer Pumps Brakes on Christopher Morel Trade Rumors

[Brock Beauchamp]

At Cubs Con over the weekend, it feels like two of the most talked-about players were not in attendance: Cody Bellinger and Christopher Morel.

Bellinger, while still a free agent, was expected to be a point of conversation. Morel, on the other hand, has been involved in more trade rumors this weekend than you can shake a stick at and he was unable to attend the convention to due to visa issues. Patrick Mooney of The Athletic wrote up this substantive piece about Morel over the weekend.

Morel has often found himself position-less in recent years and that problem is only magnified with the recent addition of Michael Busch. Morel is still only 24 years old and given his offensive output (110 OPS+ in 854 plate appearances), it's hard to envision the Cubs walking away from the depth he provides unless the offer is substantial.

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[Joj]

Hoyer thinks he's gaining leverage which will ultimately amount to nothing.  Nobody's going to offer much for Morel.

Carter Hawkins with the Jose Ramirez comp.  LOL Yikes.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, Joj said:

Hoyer thinks he's gaining leverage which will ultimately amount to nothing.  Nobody's going to offer much for Morel.

Carter Hawkins with the Jose Ramirez comp.  LOL Yikes.

If Morel's value is that low - and it might be - the Cubs could be better off dealing from their farm and keeping Morel as a role player.

[Joj]

23 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

If Morel's value is that low - and it might be - the Cubs could be better off dealing from their farm and keeping Morel as a role player.

Agreed.   He's a decent role player either way and that's fine.  They can do far worse.