because there's a good chance that none of them will ever be as good as stanton, and if you can get stanton for probably not stanton, you do it 10x out of 10 Yeah but if all three end up as busts the farm team is still stacked enough to trade for him -and none of them need to be "as" good as Stanton - if they were closer to competing I think I'd be more on board - I'd wait a year at least and see what develops. Yeah but if all three end up as busts the Cubs can then sign Stanton as a Free Agent, right? Whats his contract situation? And while Russell might not have the power potential of the other 3 (or even Schwarber), he seems most 'can't miss' to me out of the bunch and I really hope we don't trade him. When he's ready, he'll come up. Someone will move positions or will be moved, literally, but I think he's a big part of the future and is untouchable, along with Rizzo and Bryant.