Jeff Passan: ‘Zero Baseball Argument’ On Cubs’ End For Kyle Schwarber-Andrew Miller Swap

Source: chicago.cbslocal.com --- Monday, July 18, 2016
(CBS) It’s no secret across Baseball that the Yankees are leaning toward selling at the fast-approaching trade deadline and that they also are enamored with Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber, who’s out for the season with a knee injury. So naturally, speculation has ensued as to whether the Cubs — in need of bullpen help — would entertain the thought of parting with Schwarber to acquire lights-out lefty reliever Andrew Miller from the Yankees. Yahoo Sports! MLB columnist Jef Passan posed that question to multiple executives across MLB for a piece he wrote , and the answer he got was a resounding no — if we’re speaking in only Baseball terms. From an economic standpoint, there’s a different argument. “From a Baseball perspective, of course you don’t trade a potential 40-homer-a-year guy for two-and-a-half years of a one-inning relief pitcher,” Passan said during an interview on the Spiegel and Goff Show on Monday. “I don’t care if that relief pitcher is the best in Baseball. You just don’t do that. It’s just not a smart thing to do, and the Cubs have proven as they’ve built this team that they do smart things. “The one argument in favor of it though, the one thing that piqued my attention was when somebody told me the Cubs will be worth a billion dollars more if they win a World Series. Billion with a ‘B.’ And that’s the kind of thing that stands out to you, because right now the Cubs are worth $2.2 billion, according to Forbes. If they ...

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