Cubs on the Prowl: Cubs Pursue Twins’ Super Utility Sensation in Massive Deal
With the Minnesota Twins looking to trade away some of their players making a little bit of money, the Chicago Cubs should look to trade for super utility man Willi Castro to help fill some of their roster needs.
The Chicago Cubs so far have pretty much won the off season if it were to end today. Yes, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Blake Snell, the Boston Red Sox traded for Garrett Crochet, the Arizona Diamondbacks signed Corbin Burnes, and the New York Mets signed Juan Soto, but those are all just one player being acquired by each of those teams.
The off season thus far
The Chicago Cubs overall as a whole team got better so far this off season and that’s thanks to President of Baseball ops. Jed Hoyer. So far this off season, Hoyer went out and acquired 3x All-Star Kyle Tucker in a trade with the Houston Astros, then he went out and signed Carson Kelly to add to catching depth of the team. Then he managed to pull off a trade in which he dealt Cody Bellinger to the New York Yankees for reliever Cody Poteet who figures to add depth to the bullpen.
Trading away Bellinger also freed the Chicago Cubs of the $27.5 million salary that Bellinger was owed for this season and dumped it onto to the New York Yankees to deal with. Not having that salary on the books now allows Jed Hoyer to use that elsewhere like signing a starting pitcher, acquiring one in a trade and taking on that salary. As well as other minor moves that overall made the roster better and with a lot of off season left there’s still room for improvement.
