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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1496986" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>Side thought... Pairing Contreras with Heyward could be the perfect way to get out of that contract. It would be a very similar trade to Theo's Adrian Gonzalez & Carl Crawford trade. </p><p></p><p>Contreras isn't the superstar that Gonzalez was, but he's three years younger and has two years of team control before hitting free agency. Heyward is a better player than Crawford was at that point of his career, is healthy where Crawford wasn't, and has a far less onerous contract than Crawford did - 4 years @ $80MM versus 6 years at $120MM. </p><p></p><p>Of course the Cubs shouldn't be in a position to be cutting salary just to cut salary. So doing a Contreras/Heyward trade doesn't make much sense unless the Cubs are going to turn around and spend that money they save on Heyward on something else... So that would be Rendon, Cole or a Bryant extension.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1496986, member: 26283"] Side thought... Pairing Contreras with Heyward could be the perfect way to get out of that contract. It would be a very similar trade to Theo's Adrian Gonzalez & Carl Crawford trade. Contreras isn't the superstar that Gonzalez was, but he's three years younger and has two years of team control before hitting free agency. Heyward is a better player than Crawford was at that point of his career, is healthy where Crawford wasn't, and has a far less onerous contract than Crawford did - 4 years @ $80MM versus 6 years at $120MM. Of course the Cubs shouldn't be in a position to be cutting salary just to cut salary. So doing a Contreras/Heyward trade doesn't make much sense unless the Cubs are going to turn around and spend that money they save on Heyward on something else... So that would be Rendon, Cole or a Bryant extension. [/QUOTE]
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