6 Dominoes if the Cubs Sign Jason Heyward

Domino five, lineup

I hope you, the fan, are not reading this with a negative light. Especially since I’m basically saying get rid of Soler for Heyward.  Being truthful with you, Heyward is a much better player than Soler is, he’s just a lot more expensive.

While I’m not suggesting that the Cubs would “give-up” on Soler (so many fans think that’s the case when someone is traded, fact is it typically is the opposite), the course of this article shows what will happen if the Cubs front office goes after wins instead of potential in terms of their right fielder. Soler could go on to have multiple 30 homer seasons, and make the Cubs look silly, but present day… Heyward is better.

What is even nicer about Heyward is, he would instantly become the Cubs two-hole hitter, allowing Schwarber to slide down in the order in a more RBI friendly spot. Plugging in a .285 hitter who can hit 35-40 home runs in the 3rd-5th spot in the order, will make a Cubs lineup that includes Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Miguel Montero, and Schwarber just that much more explosive. Adding someone who has the ability to get on base as much as Heyward does, puts that much more pressure on a pitcher that will have four legit run producers to follow (not including a possible Starlin Castro). That lineup would be deadly.

Jamie Baker

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