Soto would be a good get. There are two things working against the Cubs from the jump. 1) they gave Happ a NTC. and they seem to value his leadership skills. They seem to place an inordinate amount of value in that unmeasurable trait. 2) They will need to compete with at least one other team and probably a few other teams. in a trade scenario. That means the ante is up and up more.
I don’t know if teams buy into the FV nonsense, but I’d guess they’d start with Wicks/Farris/ Brown and add Morel/Caissie/Canario and Arais/Rojas/Hernandez. That’s a lot for a guy who isn’t playing a position of need, is really expensive even for just one year, will be gone after the year is over. I mean that’s why the Nats traded him in the first place.