Bleed Cubbie Blue · Jun 7, 2023
The Cubs should trade for Aroldis Chapman right now
Last month, I promoted the idea here of the Cubs trading with the Royals for Aroldis Chapman.
Before the team’s 2023 season slips into disaster, Jed Hoyer & Co. should do this right now — and add another reliever who the Royals apparently want to trade, Scott Barlow. At least, that’s what Levi Weaver and Ken Rosenthal wrote at The Athletic:
One club that spoke with the Royals interpreted the team’s desire to attach Chapman to another player as an indication it wanted to move its highest-priced asset, catcher Salvador Perez. But a more realistic package would be Chapman and fellow reliever Scott Barlow, a source said.