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Originally Posted by JTech780
With Evan Longoria coming off the board and Baltimore taking Machado off the market, I wonder if the offers for Donaldson start to heat up.
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Is Machado off the market? There's rampant speculation among Cubs Twitter that the Cubs are working on a trade with the Orioles to get Machado, and the Cubs would trade Javier Baez or Addison Russell as part of such a deal. Both of those guys have several years of team control left, while Machado only has one year.
Most of the folks on Twitter are aghast that the Cubs would consider such a trade, especially if it includes Baez.
Am I crazy to think the Cubs should jump at the chance to trade Baez for one year of Machado? I love watching Baez play; he brings such joy to the game. But still, he has a terrible eye, is basically a league-average hitter, and while he makes a lot of flashy plays, the metrics I've seen don't seem to like him all that much as a shortstop.
I think Russell has a higher upside than Baez, but still, I'd be sprinting to make that trade.