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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1515250" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>I should add, look at the rumored asking price the Rockies are looking for from Arenado in the Cardinals rumors. The Cubs should get something similar for Bryant. Arenado is probably the better player (especially defensively), but there’s some uncertainty with the Coors factor. Arenado is the far more expensive player for the first two years. And there’s the added risk if he gets hurt or massively underperforms, that he doesn’t opt out from his contract and you’re saddled with 4 years of $30MM+ for an aging, unproductive player.</p><p></p><p>In other words, Bryant is a much less risky trade target even if he has a slightly lower ceiling.</p><p></p><p>The point is there’s a fairly limited number of teams that a) have the prospects to meet the Cubs asking price, b) are in a win-now mode where they’d trade prospects for two years of a player, c) have a place to play Bryant, and d) aren’t in the Cubs’ division.</p><p></p><p>Three of Dodgers, Nats, Braves and Yankees. assuming one of these teams will eliminate themselves by signing Josh Donaldson, and that’s about it unless the Rays wanted to do something completely un-Rays-like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1515250, member: 26283"] I should add, look at the rumored asking price the Rockies are looking for from Arenado in the Cardinals rumors. The Cubs should get something similar for Bryant. Arenado is probably the better player (especially defensively), but there’s some uncertainty with the Coors factor. Arenado is the far more expensive player for the first two years. And there’s the added risk if he gets hurt or massively underperforms, that he doesn’t opt out from his contract and you’re saddled with 4 years of $30MM+ for an aging, unproductive player. In other words, Bryant is a much less risky trade target even if he has a slightly lower ceiling. The point is there’s a fairly limited number of teams that a) have the prospects to meet the Cubs asking price, b) are in a win-now mode where they’d trade prospects for two years of a player, c) have a place to play Bryant, and d) aren’t in the Cubs’ division. Three of Dodgers, Nats, Braves and Yankees. assuming one of these teams will eliminate themselves by signing Josh Donaldson, and that’s about it unless the Rays wanted to do something completely un-Rays-like. [/QUOTE]
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