Giants are reportedly eyeing Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner
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What breaking news about Nico Hoerner is discussed?
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Yeah, I see most stuff. I mean, things are inevitably sent to me, especially when it's connected to the Giants. People here obviously get excited about things like that. It's hard to explain to people that things can both be like, yes, that's not false reporting, but that also doesn't really mean anything. It's hard to navigate that space, I think. But yeah, I see stuff.
That's Nico Horner. As you know, he's a regular on our afternoon show, Spiegel and Holmes. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 670 The Score. And the breaking news that derailed us is courtesy of Jeff Passan. San Francisco Giants are aggressively pursuing a second baseman and have been engaged with Chicago on Nico Horner and St. Louis on Brendan Donovan, sources tell ESPN. This was the fear. This was the fear when they announced the Alex Bregman sighting Saturday night during that Bears game. More Bears talk in our next segment, by the way, that somebody had to go because, unfortunately, this is how we've been conditioned. And all of us, I think, were saying, well, I know you and I were, Marshall, that, okay, if that's the case, if you're really actually trying to improve your offense as a whole on the team and trying to replace Kyle Tucker's offense,
which is no easy task, I sure as hell hope that you're not going to trade the 300 hitter. Nico Horner will be in his last year of his contract. He's set to make $11.666667 million this season. Matt Shaw, for example, has multiple years of control coming up as a rookie last season. Nico Horner finished second in batting average to Trey Turner, 304 in the National League. Nico was 297 for the season. Arguably his best year. So there's two schools of thought here. Do you keep Nico Horner to add to the Cubs offense as a whole? Or do you try to trade with what could be in Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins' minds trading high? It is quite the conundrum and one that I think we all kind of knew was coming just based on how this team operates.
I think other teams are circling the Cubs now like vultures saying, we see your situation with your salary and how you're dangerously close to having to pay the luxury tax. Let us take that problem off your hands by taking a guy making $12 million off of your team. And Nico Horner will gladly replenish you with young talent that is salarially controlled for the next five plus years. And I think the issue is back to what we were just talking about when we're talking about all the other trades that are made that seem crazy maybe at the time. Grody didn't want Charles Oakley gone from the Bulls. But you had a Michael Jordan and a Scottie Pippen. My point was this. It's very simple. According to baseball reference, he had the eighth highest war in baseball last year at 6.2.
And if you want to go with fan graphs, his baseball war was still at... what, 4.8, which is still 27th and second only to Pete Crow Armstrong on the Cubs. He is an essential part of why they were able to win as many games as they did last year and go back to the playoffs.
Why are the Giants interested in trading for Nico Hoerner?
He's a terrific player. There's no doubt about it. But I'll go back to two words Layla just said. trading high it's a it's a scary thing to do it's a gutsy thing to do and like i gave a couple of examples of times where i was thinking about i've given all these like old example herschel walker back back in the day like the shocker so all that was a deal they couldn't refuse That was a deal they couldn't refuse. There's no doubt about it. So all I am saying is I agree with everything you just said. And yes, Nico Horner is a friend of the station. And even if he left, I'd like to think Nico Horner would still be a friend of the score. All that stuff, I've gotten to be. We did a remote with the man. So I love Nico Horner in every way, shape, or form.
But let's listen to what the Cubs might get back. Let's think about how it could fortify the team, not just for one or two years, but into the future as well.
2013.
I know that you went through all the numbers.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What breaking news about Nico Hoerner is discussed?
0:02–3:12
2
Why are the Giants interested in trading for Nico Hoerner?
3:12–5:20
3
What are the implications of trading Nico Hoerner for the Cubs?
5:20–7:43
4
How does Nico Horner's performance impact his trade value?
7:43–8:51
5
What are the pros and cons of keeping Nico Horner on the team?
8:51–10:43
6
How might other teams approach a trade for Nico Horner?
10:43–11:05
Speakers
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