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00:00If you're the Cubs and winning in 25 matters most, what would you be willing to trade to
00:05the Blue Jays for Vlad Guerrero Jr.?
00:07Who on the major league team would you consider including and how many prospects?
00:13Well you have to have this thought exercise.
00:15If you do what we do and you are the Cubs and you're thinking about what you want to
00:19be this season.
00:21But you've got to determine that before you have this conversation if you're Jed Hoyer
00:25and Tom Ricketts and Carter Hawkins.
00:28What do you want to be this season?
00:30Do you want to be the best team in the NL Central?
00:33Or do you want to be a team that challenges the Dodgers for the NL pennant?
00:38And there is a difference there.
00:40It affects your ambition.
00:42It affects what your willingness to do.
00:44What you're willing to give up.
00:46If you have circle 2025 as the year to go for it because you have Kyle Tucker for one
00:51season more than likely, then you will put together a package to entice the Blue Jays
00:59to part with Vlad Guerrero Jr.
01:01He is that guy.
01:03He is a young star.
01:05You at the end of last season were a team that didn't have any stars.
01:10You added Kyle Tucker, nice start.
01:13Here's another guy who could be there for the taking.
01:16Would you take Seiya Suzuki and two prospects?
01:19Would Seiya Suzuki waive his no trade clause to go to Toronto so he could play in the outfield
01:23and be happy?
01:24Maybe.
01:25Don't know.
01:26This is all hypothetical.
01:27But when a guy goes public with his desire to play one more year in Toronto and be open
01:34about the fact that they couldn't come to an agreement, this is an invitation for teams
01:38like the Cubs to make their best offer.
01:42So Jed, make your best offer.