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What if the Cubs had traded for Andrew Miller instead of Aroldis Chapman in 2016?

A little over a week ago I was on Twitter when I encountered the following hypothetical from Bleacher Nation’s Brett Taylor:

If you could change just one moment, decision, or play from your favorite team's history, what's the change? Make it non-obvious.

— Brett Taylor (@Brett_A_Taylor) April 12, 2021

After a bit of thought I landed on my answer, and since I’m still thinking about the hypothetical world I created in my head on the North Side of Chicago I thought it’d be a fun off day exercise to share my rationale and get your answer to the question:

As much as I love Kyle Schwarber, I'd trade him to the Yankees for Andrew Miller straight up instead of Gleybar et.