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Should the Chicago Cubs trade Willson Contreras and Kris Bryant -- and who should deal for them?

Yu Darvish is gone and many predict the next player the Chicago Cubs will trade is catcher Willson Contreras, even though president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer denied a report that the Cubs were extensively shopping Contreras, calling it "fiction."

"I think he's one of the top handful of catchers in baseball," Hoyer said during a video call following the Darvish trade. "We control him for two more years. I think that catching is a strength of this team as a result of having him on the roster."

Despite the strong denial, ESPN's Jesse Rogers tweeted that the Cubs have indeed talked with teams about Contreras:

Hoyer says a 'report' from yesterday that Willson Contreras is being shopped is 'fictional'

Could be splitting hairs/words because the Cubs have talked with teams about him a lot, not just now but in the recent past.