Yes, I know. You hate the Yu Darvish trade. You think the Cubs are tanking.
In The Athletic, Peter Gammons says that isn’t so:
For the Cubs, this isn’t about tanking.
Well, that’s a provocative statement. Let’s let Gammons elaborate:
“The farm system,” says one Cubs observer, “is already being completely rebuilt. The Padres trade only makes that better and Cristian Hernandez, who is in this year’s international class out of the Dominican, has been comped to A-Rod.”
Well, that’s very interesting. Of course, Hernandez is another 17-year-old kid and even if he does wind up as good a player as Alex Rodriguez (without the PEDs, one would hope), he’s still two to three years away from the big leagues.