{"id":12317,"date":"2024-11-25T10:09:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T10:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2024-11-25T10:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T10:09:39","slug":"cubs-proposed-blockbuster-lands-mariners-star-rookie-for-nico-hoerner-sporting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=12317","title":{"rendered":"Cubs proposed blockbuster lands Mariners star rookie for Nico Hoerner | Sporting News"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs have a lot of good players, but something is missing from the formula.<\/p>\n<p>Everywhere you look on the Cubs roster, there are substantial contributors. But few of those players could be mistaken for stars, and it leaves the Cubs as a slightly above-average team on the whole instead of a playoff contender.<\/p>\n<p>Second baseman Nico Hoerner embodies that phenomenon perfectly. He&#8217;s a valuable big-league player, posting 15.1 career WAR through 548 games. But with 29 home runs and a .381 slugging percentage, he&#8217;s more of a table-setter than an impact contributor.<\/p>\n<p>With top prospect Matt Shaw looking ready to become a starting second baseman at the big-league level, the Cubs could view Hoerner as expendable. That would enable them to take a chance on a young Seattle Mariners hurler who could develop into an ace.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Zach Pressnell of FanSided proposed a trade that would send Hoerner and pitching prospect Jack Neely to Seattle for 25-year-old starting pitcher Emerson Hancock.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Mariners have five All-Star-level starters above (Hancock) with more prospects coming behind him. Through 15 career starts, (he) has a 4.71 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. He pounds the strike zone and likely just needs an opportunity to find his footing in the big leagues,&#8221; Pressnell said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hoerner would fill a huge hole in the offense without tapping into free agency. This would allow the Mariners to pursue a huge free agent target like Pete Alonso in free agency.\u00a0Neely is a 6-foot-8 right-handed reliever who&#8217;s shown serious promise in his pro career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hancock started 12 games for the Mariners this season as an injury fill-in, and that&#8217;s all he&#8217;s likely to be for Seattle again in 2025. He racked up 155 innings of work between Triple-A and the majors, so it&#8217;s clear he&#8217;s ready for a big-league workload.<\/p>\n<p>If Hancock could develop into the top righty in the Chicago rotation, joining lefties Shota Imanaga and Justin Steele to form a dominant trio, it would undoubtedly be worth the pain of losing Hoerner, who has just two years of team control remaining compared to Hancock&#8217;s six.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>More MLB:\u00a0Cubs surprise trade proposal would land $130 million superstar in 4-player swap<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs could shake up the Major League Baseball offseason by dealing star second baseman Nico Hoerner to the Seattle Mariners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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