Trade Rumors: Craig Kimbrel is going from the Chicago Cubs to the Chicago White Sox for Nick Madrigal and Codi Heuer, per multiple reports.
Madrigal, 24, was the 4th overall pick of the 2018 Draft by the White Sox. He has a .317/.358/.406 slash line and terrific bat-to-ball skills, but his defensive limitations — he’s a second baseman who doesn’t really profile defensively anything else — and his lack of power he’s seen as a high floor, low ceiling guy who profiles as an average second baseman in the major leagues.
Madrigal has, per B-R, 164 days of service time — short of a year, but with the potential changes in the CBA, he could end up getting credit for a full year of service in 2020.