More thoughts on the players the Cubs acquired in the sell-off of 2021
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Chicago Cubs announce their minor-league coaching staffs for the 2021 season
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This coming week is when Ohio opens up vaccine slots to teachers, and The Wife got her appointment for Wednesday earlier this morning. It makes me very happy.
• This is one of those “I’m not really concluding anything” points, but it seems like interesting context: If you’re talking about salary out, and salary replaced, the Cubs essentially traded Kyle Schwarber for Joc Pederson and Trevor Williams. Good deal? Bad deal? I mean, I think Schwarber has the highest 2021 upside of anyone in that trio, but I also think Pederson probably has the higher floor than Schwarber, given his better non-offensive value. So even that might’ve been a fair swap for many folks. Williams, to be sure, might continue his descent into being flat-out not worth having on the roster. But at 28, and two years removed from being really dang good, that’s a swing I like having on the roster. (