Trading Smith for one year of Tucker on this team makes little sense. But at least they won't have messy books like the Mets and Dodgers. That seems to be important.
Not related to anything in this thread for now. But the Dan Campbell rah, rah, horsefeathers is going to get old quickly. He'll be out of the league in five years.
What has Poles done to develop trust in the organization? I mean, seriously? If they want Johnson but it's some package deal. Take Johnson and wish Poles the best on his next opportunity.
They seem to be taking this seriously and weighing all the options. If we get some rando saying they saw him at Starbucks in Wrigleyville we know this is serious.
I don't think the Cubs are going to go after Max. Jed likes value and Max doesn't offer that. I could see him doing a Clemens and signing with some team around July.