Anyone who was of the thinking that they need to keep cMart want to join the bandwagon of trading him for Yates and Patino?
Robbing from Peter to pay Paul aren’t you? Carlos move to the rotation should be imminent for us out of sheer desperation.
Carlos hasn’t really pitched as a starter very much the last 2 years. Wouldn’t that lead you to belief he’s a tad damaged and needs to rebuild his reputation as a starter. Padres won’t do Yates and Patino. They need a top of the rotation starter. Not someone who’s damaged goods who might regain some value if he can start. They’d sell high on Yates and want maybe another player MLB ready or already on the roster.
Bottom line is we need Carlos as a starter next season. We lose Wacha and likely Waino and even if we don’t lose him I wouldn’t assume lighting is going to strike twice with Adam. Then you know Hicks will not be ready to close until at least June or July. Who do we get to replace his production? I wouldn’t bank on him coming back 100% either.
This is a 3rd place team next year without some major moves and some subtractions like Ozuna. Cubs will retool a bit. Milwaukee will have Yelich back and I’m sure will make a couple low leverage moves. The offense has been a mess for most of 2019. The bullpen got overworked due to the starters not putting in at least quality starts for the first 2+ months of the season.