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<blockquote data-quote="FollowTisdale" data-source="post: 1520286" data-attributes="member: 619279"><p>The Cubs whole goal this off season was to get under the Luxury Tax (as misguided as that is, but still), so I really don't see any realistic way a Bryant - Arenado 1 for 1 swap would work. Not sure why the Rockies would trade for a 2 year guy when they won 71 games last year and don't project any better this year, and since Fangraph's has the Cubs at $215MM right now, the Rockies would have to hold back something like $25MM to $30MM on Arenado's contract for basically no benefit to them. If the Rockies were willing to hold back that kind of salary, they would have traded Arenado for a good prospect package months ago. </p><p></p><p>And again, since getting under the Luxury Tax is the goal, just trading Contreras doesn't work either. He only makes $4MM and they're $7MM+ over the cap, and it's not like you can get $1 under the cap in February and be good, you need some breathing room for bonuses/ performance goals/ guys brought up from the minors, etc.</p><p></p><p>Trading Bryant is basically their only realistic option to get under the luxury tax (if they could dumb Chapman or Heyward they would have done so by now), and basically any Bryant trade makes them worse in 2020 and 2021, when they're still currently good enough to win the division.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FollowTisdale, post: 1520286, member: 619279"] The Cubs whole goal this off season was to get under the Luxury Tax (as misguided as that is, but still), so I really don't see any realistic way a Bryant - Arenado 1 for 1 swap would work. Not sure why the Rockies would trade for a 2 year guy when they won 71 games last year and don't project any better this year, and since Fangraph's has the Cubs at $215MM right now, the Rockies would have to hold back something like $25MM to $30MM on Arenado's contract for basically no benefit to them. If the Rockies were willing to hold back that kind of salary, they would have traded Arenado for a good prospect package months ago. And again, since getting under the Luxury Tax is the goal, just trading Contreras doesn't work either. He only makes $4MM and they're $7MM+ over the cap, and it's not like you can get $1 under the cap in February and be good, you need some breathing room for bonuses/ performance goals/ guys brought up from the minors, etc. Trading Bryant is basically their only realistic option to get under the luxury tax (if they could dumb Chapman or Heyward they would have done so by now), and basically any Bryant trade makes them worse in 2020 and 2021, when they're still currently good enough to win the division. [/QUOTE]
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