You summarized this well. Bregman and Hoerner have both basically been 4 WAR players.
In the end, it's essentially trading cap space for a prospect. Given where we are in the
offseason, there is quite a bit of risk...
Unless they don't believe in Shaw at 3B.
They have multiple T100 2B in AAA, including their top prospect. Two years well undermarket for a 4-win 2B is going to yield a good return. And I would opt for a return that is further away with greater upside given their current logjam. "Restock" is subjective — they just need real talent in A ball
This is how Jed has talked about the Busch trade but in reverse -- moving value timelines. With Busch they moved a lot of future value for some present day value because they lacked a 1B. They now have the depth at 2B to move some present value into the future without requiring a full rebuild.
Just for fun, if Tucker, Happ, Seiya, Hoerner, And Bregman played their average number of games from the past 2-3 years - and PCA shot up to 150 games - there'd still be 104 games to start this year.
I just think his performance is going to suffer significantly with Wrigley playing closer to normal ... I'd get out regardless and bring in someone else
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In the end, it's essentially trading cap space for a prospect. Given where we are in the
offseason, there is quite a bit of risk...
Unless they don't believe in Shaw at 3B.
Good teams trade good players and make it work.
There is no actual reason for trading Hoerner at this time.
The idea is to have a lot of good players. Keep both of them. Plenty of PT to go around.
That's not a bad starting point for a rookie.