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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1416215" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>A Heyward trade only works if a team needs an outfielder and has a bad contract to send back to the Cubs that isn’t as expensive as the Heyward contract. </p><p></p><p>Heyward was awful in 2016. He’s been merely disappointing in 2017 and 2018. Without any consideration of his contract, he can help a team in the outfield. You can make his cost reasonable to another team if you eat a ~$50M contract from that other team. Cubs wouldn’t be getting any player that would be worth anything. It would simply be about replacing Heyward’s contract with a somewhat less expensive contract. And so you only do it if that’s what you need to do to sign Harper or Machado. </p><p></p><p>There were a few teams last off season (the Giants before they traded for McCutcheon was one) that looked like they could have been decent fits, but the Cubs never explored it because Heyward had a No Trade Clause and made it clear he wouldn’t waive it. That clause has expired and the Cubs can trade him to whoever they can make a deal with now. I haven’t looked at rosters next year to see who would be a good fit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1416215, member: 26283"] A Heyward trade only works if a team needs an outfielder and has a bad contract to send back to the Cubs that isn’t as expensive as the Heyward contract. Heyward was awful in 2016. He’s been merely disappointing in 2017 and 2018. Without any consideration of his contract, he can help a team in the outfield. You can make his cost reasonable to another team if you eat a ~$50M contract from that other team. Cubs wouldn’t be getting any player that would be worth anything. It would simply be about replacing Heyward’s contract with a somewhat less expensive contract. And so you only do it if that’s what you need to do to sign Harper or Machado. There were a few teams last off season (the Giants before they traded for McCutcheon was one) that looked like they could have been decent fits, but the Cubs never explored it because Heyward had a No Trade Clause and made it clear he wouldn’t waive it. That clause has expired and the Cubs can trade him to whoever they can make a deal with now. I haven’t looked at rosters next year to see who would be a good fit. [/QUOTE]
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