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In the wake of the Chicago Cubs winning the 2016 World Series, fans and pundits alike loved to re-hash the biggest trade the team made that season – trading a package of prospects headlined by Gleyber Torres to the New York Yankees in exchange for fireballing left-hander Aroldis Chapman.
Personally, I’ve always stood in favor of the deal. Parades > prospects, all day, every day. My mind won’t ever change on that front. But after the confetti stopped falling along the parade route and Chapman turned around and re-signed with New York, people wondered if the front office paid too high a price for that ring.