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  1. Backtobanks
    Trading Bryant is really stupid and if it's followed by trading Schwarber and the return is Robles and a few solid young pitchers, then it makes more sense. It makes sense except that you'd never get Robles for Schwarber straight up. Robles would be in the Bryant deal.
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    Trading Bryant is really stupid and if it's followed by trading Schwarber and the return is Robles and a few solid young pitchers, then it makes more sense.
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    It's just a rough comparison. Bryant's actually projected to make like $40 million through arb or so over the next two years to Cozart's 1 year and ~$13 million so arguably the Cubs have even more to gain than the Angels did. The cap space offers flexibility over that time frame so the Cubs can reset, maybe even help them recoup some of the money they lost between renovations and launching the network I still don't understand how you compare Cozart (.247/.300/.399/.699 with avg. of 17 HR and 59 RBI) with Bryant (.284/.385/.516/.901 with 32 HR and 92RBI).
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    Bryant may be one of the handful best players in baseball but in overall dollar value and contract situation he's a pretty mediocre asset, not to mention Boras Wormtongue. With the Cubs in cap heck, teams are going to correctly identify any absurd asks as posturing and just wait the Cubs out. Theo will get desperate soon enough and your demands for Robles/Turner will turn into a thank you for Luis Garcia, Joe Ross, and Jackson Rutledge. By all reports teams like the Nats and others really don't want to trade their young, cheap ML talent for Bryant. That's unfortunate but Theo getting creative may end up being taking less than an absurd ask to free up more cap space, using Bryant to free us from the salaries Darvish or Chatwood. If he can pull that off then a Garcia, Ross, and Rutledge return doesn't seem half bad talking Nats #2 prospect, cheap SP, and recent 1st round pick - way better than the Angels did for Cozart You didn't really use Cozart's trade value in a discussion about Bryant's trade value, did you? Also, what does Theo need cap space for if the team is going to be out of contention for the next 2-3 years?
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    JMO that is just one way to look at it. Another is that Theo knows the Cubs will not be fixed with Bryant on the roster and need to move him. In that case, why be disagreeable? What if those teams don't want to give up players they have become attached to? Some info we know: Robles put up 2.5 fWAR/4 bWAR in 2019, is 5+ years younger than Bryant, and has at least double the years of precious sweet power and control an org can wield over him as leverages. Mathematically we can use this to figure that Robles is 25-40x more valuable than Bryant on paper If you can't get players of that caliber for one of the best players in baseball, then don't trade him. I was glad to hear the asking price for Contreras "was absurd", and KB's ought to be absurd too. Trading KB is probably going to set the Cubs back two years (at least) unless the return is very good young ML players and not just lottery tickets. If the offers aren't reasonable, then Theo has to get creative by trading our other assets (prospects, Bote, Chatwood, Schwarber, etc.)
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    We all should all agree that trading Bryant is ridiculous, but if the Nationals want him the offer has to start with either Robles or Turner and include at least two other young players that would help the team in 2020-2021.
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    Oh well, then I guess we're stuck with our 5 WAR 3B.
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    Now that the Rangers are "likely out" of the Donaldson talk, they still need a 3B and SP. How about Bote and Chatwood for Tyler Phillips and Brock Burke?
  9. Backtobanks
    And it took 25 people to accomplish nothing. Wait until PTR looks at the expense accounts for all of those people with no results. https://customersupport.spirit.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002248271-Group-Travel That's only for the flight. Wait until the booze bill comes.
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    And it took 25 people to accomplish nothing. Wait until PTR looks at the expense accounts for all of those people with no results.
  11. Backtobanks
    My post from Oct. suggested trading Contreras, Almora, Short, and Underwood to Pittsburgh for Marte, Frazier, and Kela. Solves CF, 2B, and one bullpen spot. Finding a taker for Chatwood would pretty much cover the money issue.
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    I like how Theo is playing it close to the vest and will pounce on Cole once the dust clears> :^o
  13. Backtobanks
    If the Nationals have any money left, how about Robles & Fedde for Bryant?
  14. Backtobanks
    I don't understand why people bring up trading Quintana for salary relief, when the most obvious choice is trading Chatwood. He makes more and would be easier to replace than Quintana.
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    I don't believe the Bryant rumors at all unless he wins the grievance AND we get a boatload in return.
  16. Backtobanks
    The Dollar Tree parking lot will be packed.
  17. Backtobanks
    All of these trade proposals involving all stars (Contreras, Bryant, etc.) talk about getting young players back, which is fine if those young players are going to contribute to the Cubs at the major league level in 2020 and 2021. I'm not interested in 18-20 year-olds that "might" be really good in 2023-2024.
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    Using this criteria, we should compare him to most umpires.
  19. Backtobanks
    We probably can get Wilmer Flores for less money and no minor leaguer.
  20. Backtobanks
    While there are other reasons why Contreras makes the most sense to move, there are specific reasons why the Cubs consider him expendable. The problem is other teams know that. I suspect he'll likely be traded, and that the return will likely be less than we're hoping. If the return isn't not worth trading him, then they shouldn't trade him. Being "stuck" with an all-star catcher with multiple years of control certainly isn't our biggest worry. Listen to offers on Caratini, Schwarber, etc.
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    I can't imagine Theo would want to pay him the 10 or so million he's due in arbitration. If he clears then maybe something could get done. Villar and Akiyama each at $5-$7 million COULD fill two holes without trading assets and still have about $15-$18 million to fix the other holes.
  22. Backtobanks
    I have trouble believing that the Rockies would give up Gray and Estevez in the same deal. I'm sure they could get better offers from other teams by doing separate trades if they decided they could give up both pitchers.
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    The contract situation is nice but he's put up 4.7 rWAR in 78 starts with the Cubs. The only real certainty for a WS contender, and since he's a pitcher it's not like the most certain certainty, is that he'll throw alot of innings. Personally I'm willing to trade some of that certainty on the pitching staff (Darvish, Hendricks, Lester aren't major 2020 injury risks on paper) for depth and possibly higher upside pickups, especially if in a roundabout way it improves the position group offense and defense I still think all of this trade talk (Contreras, Quintana, Schwarber, Bryant, etc.) had better bring back immediate help for 2020-2021 and not just prospects with upsides.
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    I don't understand the discussion about trading Quintana since it would be opening another hole to fill. We already need one SP and time seems to be catching up with Lester, so we don't need more uncertainty in the rotation. I still believe we need to market Chatwood as a SP to those teams that are looking for rotation help.
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    Any talk of the Cubs trading Contreras and paying Grandal what he wanted was only in the minds of some posters. With limited funds and many holes to fill, adding to a position of power wasn't going to happen. I'm with you on the limited funds thing, but diverging on the second point because the catcher position without Contreras is definitely not a position of power. As per all of the related discussion, Caratini plus a cheaper veteran FA catcher is still a solid choice.
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