IndyHawk":2rrw4cyf said:
Well those players I listed have 4 to 5 years of team control to Paxton's 2 years..I don't want Pax to go but those players I listed are not garbage..Baez is loaded big time with star makeup with gold glove defense at SS/2B/3B and OF..Schwarber is called the "Baby Bambino"a LH with great power and he can play CA/!B/LF and DH..Russell is a gold glove SS and 2B as well.He hits good in the clutch.He has good power,Happ was rookie last year and hit 24 Hr's..He plays 2b/3b and outfield..They call him baby Zobrist.The key to this trade will be Baez and two of the others with lower level pitching thrown in..As I said it's rumor but I keep hearing it and seeing it In Cubs Den as well..I noticed over the years that the Cubs/M's seem to trade quite a bit..
The only place I saw that rumor is at the site you provided.
IMHO “club control” is overrated when many teams including the Mariners extend players before it gets to that point of FA or arbitration. There is no salary cap in baseball, only self imposed budgets.
Potential in baseball is a four letter word. When trading power left handed pitching you’re (generally speaking) stupid IMHO to not get a proven commodity back. I’m not trying to sound like a Richard Cranium, but I don’t care about nicknames, sorry.
Schwarber is an all or nothing hitter and while he hit 30 dingers is a human out machine (.211) at the ML level so far, he’d be nothing more than a throw in, and may end up a tweener or AAAA player. The other players seem like 20-25 HR, 60-70 rbi guys whose power safeco field will zap a bit, nothing eye popping when you are giving up a power lefty ace when healthy.
If the Cubs don’t want to include one of the big 2 I mentioned, plus other goodies then.....NO dice Chicago, and I’m hanging up the phone if I’m Jerry D. The Mariners have to focus on helping the Mariners, not the Cubs....by trading away an Ace, you are creating a HUGE whole while slightly improving other positions. If I’m trading away the rarest of commodity’s in baseball, a power throwing lefty Ace, I’m getting MY price, and it’s going to sting the trading partner a bit, as they will have to overpay to work out a deal.
Spare parts (not superstars) and potential isn’t intriguing enough in this situation, IMHO.