You want the Cubs to sell?
Well, I've got some news for you. They've got nuthin' worth buying.



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As the Cubs slow, boring march to the bottom continues, the narrative is starting to form that instead of buying players at the trade deadline to try to make a run at the 81 wins (tops) that it’s going to take to get into the National League playoffs, what if the Cubs sold?
I get that trading players to try to fortify this wet fart of a big league roster seems like a fool’s errand at this point, but the serious question that would need to be asked is, WHO DO THEY HAVE TO TRADE THAT ANYBODY ELSE WOULD WANT?
If you don’t think about it all that hard, you can come up with a few names. Guys who aren’t horrible, and might interest a team to play decent defense and bat near the bottom of the order, or plug in as the fourth or fifth starting pitcher. But the reality is that if Jed Hoyer really set up a yard sale, his card table isn’t going to get a lot of traffic.
For instance. Would a team like to have Seiya Suzuki? Sure. But, he has a no trade clause, and his injury history would make it less attractive even if he didn’t.
How about two-time Gold Glover Ian Happ? Well, he doesn’t hit for any power, he can only play left field and oh yeah, he also has a no-trade clause.
Dansby Swanson? Five more years left on what already looks like a disaster of a contract and a no trade clause.
How about Cody Bellinger? He’s pretty good! Yeah, he is, and he has a player option at $30 million and no team is going to risk trading anything valuable for him only to see him a) get hurt and pick up the option or b) play poorly and pick up the option.