There are three "left-side-of-the-infield" positions and unless you are enamored with Valbuena, the Cubs have precisely one major-leaguer filling them. Castro's defense would play significantly better at 2b, and neither Russell nor Baez are stone-cold locks to be able to play MLB SS (though both *probably* could handle it).
As someone said above, you can trade anyone if you are blown away enough, but the Cubs don't have any sort of infield surplus yet. Maybe they will in 18 months or so if everything goes perfectly, which it so rarely does.
As someone said above, you can trade anyone if you are blown away enough, but the Cubs don't have any sort of infield surplus yet. Maybe they will in 18 months or so if everything goes perfectly, which it so rarely does.
Out of the few I've seen in their farm, position wise, I've already made my case known with Bryant.. STUD. I like Soler alot too. Russell I haven't seen yet, but his tools are just tantalizing. But that was one of Theo's greatest strengths with Boston. Have some top line legit prospects and a bunch of B+ prospects who were trumped up and guys like Gammons fed into it. Very helpful when it comes to trades.
