Cubs Trading for Isaac Paredes?!

[Bertz]

 

 

[Dfan25]

It makes sense but it’s scary at the same time . 

[Bertz]

I do not feel great about Paredes' offense fully translating to Wrigley Field, but fixing 3B and doing so with a guy as cheap as Paredes significantly raises the ceiling on next year's team.

[Bertz]

 

 

 

 

[KCCub]

LFG Jed. This is the type of risk he has to take with limited options at 3b. 

[Rob]

9 minutes ago, Bertz said:

 

 

Wow. Jed is taking a big gamble on Paredes batted ball profile translating to Wrigley. I don't love the gamble, but I guess let's see what we're giving up.

On a side note, as I outlined a couple days ago in an earlier thread, all of this can be traced back to the Matt Garza trade.

• We gave up Chris Archer, Hak-Ju Lee, Sam Fuld, Brandon Guyer, and Robinson Chirinos.
• Archer was later flipped to the Pirates for Tyler Glasnow and Austin Meadows.
• Meadows was later flipped to the Tigers for Paredes

So if we'd never traded for Garza, Paredes would have never made it to TB where he had his big breakout, and we'd have never probably traded for him.

Edit: And i totally forgot that we originally drafted Paredes. Bizarre!

Edited July 28, 2024 by Rob

[Tryptamine]

What a steal if it Morel+Bigge+ someone not in the top 5

[JD94]

Idk if it will work, but Jed finally making some moves on consequence. I like it on the surface

[Rex Buckingham]

[Bertz]

So Morel is doing like 90% of the lifting here.  Clearly the Rays are team xwOBA with Morel's bat

[CubinNY]

Got a guy to play 3rd now. Sorry to see Morel go but they had to do something. Keep the seat warm for Shaw. 

[Tryptamine]

1 minute ago, Bertz said:

So Morel is doing like 90% of the lifting here.  Clearly the Rays are team xwOBA with Morel's bat

That is a damn steal

[Jason Ross]

That's...shocking.

[WhyCantWeWin]

I think the Cubs will regret this deal in a few years but this move does make them better immediately 

[17 Seconds]

nice one jed

[Irrelevant Dude]

2 minutes ago, Bertz said:

So Morel is doing like 90% of the lifting here.  Clearly the Rays are team xwOBA with Morel's bat

Yeah, its essentially just a Morel for Paredes swap.  Bigge is replaceable and I don't know what a Ty Johnson is.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Carries risk, but decisively attempts to fix a position of need for multiple seasons.  Doesn't touch prospect depth, fixes the potential logjam of DH's at the MLB level, and doesn't add meaningful payroll.  Fantastic.

[Max Power]

Justin Wilson flashbacks.

Ball four…

[Illiterate Scholar]

Wrigley might not be ideal for Paredes, but that is a really good use of Morel's value. Wish him the best, hopefully he can rebound/get results. I'm very happy with this.

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

fixes the potential logjam of DH's at the MLB level

That's it for me.  Even if Paredes is a potential offensive downgrade, at least he has a position and keeps DH open for other options.

[WhyCantWeWin]

1 minute ago, Max Power said:

Justin Wilson flashbacks.

Ball four…

What a terrible trade that was, think Avila was a part of it too. 

[Jason Ross]

I wonder if this has any implication on Nico's future. With Shaw, Triantos and a handful of prospects now definitely looking at that path...I wonder what they're going to do there. Not that Nico needs to be on hug watch right this second or anything, just thinking outloud. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Paredes has never hit an opposite field homer?

[Max Power]

2 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

What a terrible trade that was, think Avila was a part of it too. 

Yeah. I’m guessing Jed didn’t sign off on that one. Re-acquiring Candelario last year, Paredes this year.

[Jason Ross]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Paredes has never hit an opposite field homer?

Parades opposite field home runs in the MLB: 0

1908's opposite field home runs in the MLB: 0 

 

The great equalizer.