Any thoughts on seeing if can pry Goldschmidt from Yankees to platoon with Busch?

[Cubsfansince1974]

Goldy:  .394/.474/.667/1.140 versus lefties.

Busch: .190/.261/.317/.578 versus lefties

I love Busch who has excellent overall stats.  In the late innings though you must bring in a lefty to face him if he comes up with men on base.  It would be so nice to have Goldy on the bench to punish that move.  Cubs definitely need another bat versus lefties.  Yankees don't seem to need him since he can no longer hit righties.  His OPS against righties is .624.  These guy have crazy splits and the best platoon I could ever imagine.  

 

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Welcome!

 

[Rcal10]

31 minutes ago, Cubsfansince1974 said:

Goldy:  .394/.474/.667/1.140 versus lefties.

Busch: .190/.261/.317/.578 versus lefties

I love Busch who has excellent overall stats.  In the late innings though you must bring in a lefty to face him if he comes up with men on base.  It would be so nice to have Goldy on the bench to punish that move.  Cubs definitely need another bat versus lefties.  Yankees don't seem to need him since he can no longer hit righties.  His OPS against righties is .624.  These guy have crazy splits and the best platoon I could ever imagine.  

 

Welcome. Can you tell me why the Yankees would trade Goldy? 

[UMFan83]

1 hour ago, Rcal10 said:

Welcome. Can you tell me why the Yankees would trade Goldy? 

Get Cashman very drunk and convince him the Yankees need Justin Turner’s grit on the team?

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The Cubs let 2 very good LHP mashers go to other teams already in Grichuk and Rosario. Rosario would have been a really good addition to the bench/10th man. 

[bukie]

While a sound idea in a vacuum, there are several reasons this is highly unlikely:

1) The Yankees are also trying to win and make the playoffs, and are very unlikely to unload their all-star starting 1B in a season where they're statistically still probably the 2nd best team in baseball, despite their record.

2) The Cubs already have an all-star caliber 1B, so Goldschmidt would effectively be replacing Justin Turner. The sheer amount of resources it would take to acquire him for so minimal a role is a poor use of the Cubs resources, seeing as they're already the best offensive team in baseball.

3) The Cubs desperately need pitching over offense and are unlikely to send actual assets to improve their offense until they acquire at least 2, if not 3 pitchers, especially at a position where they're already sporting the 2nd best offensive output in baseball (Kurtz of the Athletics is higher, that's all).

[Cubsfansince1974]

3 hours ago, Rcal10 said:

Welcome. Can you tell me why the Yankees would trade Goldy? 

Goldy has been terrible against RHP.  They need an everyday 1B.  Goldy is unplayable against RHP though evidently did better the last few games.  

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