Quote Originally Posted by Super View Post
how much value do baez and schwarber have right now tho? baez has mostly been a lot of hype and a good WS, but he's about a 2-2.5 win player it seems. he could still improve of course, but his approach is atrocious. schwarber is coming off a rough season. it doesn't seem he's actually awful in the OF, but maybe he is. he should prob just be a DH somewhere. i think his value will rebound.

thank god the braves aren't on the hook for heyward at $20M+ per year. what a colossal mistake that would have been.
Yeah, you would have to find the right buyer for Baez and Schwarber. Schwarber should be in AAA learning 1B. Baez is probably what he is. A team would need to be convinced that he would improve based on steady PT with one position.

To be clear though, I think the Cubs should trade both but NOT be concerned about what they get back being close to the Majors. If they can get better and more talent that is further away but carries a little bigger risk, then they should go for that. They are pretty set, for good or bad, over the next 2-3 years. It's after that where they will feel the sting of gutting their farm.

The major deals that they have done are defensible when viewed through the lense of the long suffering Cubs fan. But, the Chapman deal was extremely expensive in terms of cost benefit. The Q deal may be better but would have been much less impactful on the 2022 future of the Cubs IF the Chapman deal hadn't happened.