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Regarding the 2B of the future discussion, I always thought it was a guarantee that Wong would be the starting 2B in 2021. It would be foolish not to pick up his option, but if Sosa and Edman hit in the 60 games and playoffs, Wong could be a very valuable trade chip for them.
Since “baseball doesn’t make much money”, I could see DeWitt looking to trim the payroll down as much as possible in 2021 and that would be one area they could do that and not lose a ton going from Wong to Edman/Sosa. Wong is the best defensive 2B in MLB, but they wouldn’t lose all that much with the bat and it would save him $10M+ AND likely bring back a high level prospect.
After thinking through further while writing this, on top of hearing Dewitts comments in that interview, not to mention what will be a crazy shortened season, I could actually see this happening before the 2020 season starts…. not advocating for it at all, but could definitely see it with Edman, Sosa and Miller(who I always forget about, but could be a sneaky great signing).
