TRADE RUMOR: Cubs LINKED to trading for 3 time ALL STAR Luis Castillo. Cubs News & Updates

[@ceeg-ve2xu]

Seattle would rather have Nico, Seattle's outfield is set. But after the Cubs trades so far that's not gonna happen. Trade is dead in the water

[@DrWestlake]

No we (Mariners & their fans) wouldn't, Nico has a career .550 OPS in T-Mobile Park and struggles against the AL West. His best numbers were at Rickey Henderson (R.I.P.) Field in Oakland, which no longer matters since they'll be in Sacramento for the next three seasons before moving to Las Vegas, NV. Nico has also never played in Houston, has a .308 OPS career in Angels Stadium, and a .408 OPS career in Globe Life Field. The trade that needs to happen is SP Luis Castillo and RP Collin Snider to the Cubs for OF Seiya Suzuki and SP Ben Brown. The Mariners save $5M, they have a guy who can slot into the 5th spot in the rotation, or move to the bullpen if Roki Sasaki chooses to sign in Seattle. Seiya becomes the regular DH, and can also get into LF/RF once or twice a week to give other guys a chance to rest their legs.

[@Dman425]

He has a .550 OPS in how many games? The Cubs rarely come to T-Mobile.

[@craigbrindle108]

lol

[@DrWestlake]

@@Dman425 If you lived in Seattle and watched games at T-Mobile Park regularly, you'd realize that you don't spend $23.5M over 2 years on a 2B to improve your offense who is a below average hitter in general, but has yet to produce at pitchers level across three of the stadiums in your division. That's 188 games over the next two years at ballparks where he's struggled and 13 more games where we have zero data (Houston). T-Mobile favors power hitters, and moving in the fences hurt gap hitters like Hoerner. Just to really drive home the point, he's lso

[@gatorbite9816]

When Jed took over as GM Theo had left him a very bad farm system, the big trade of the core took a few years to take effect but now the Cubs have one of the best farm systems in the league with a solid MLB club. I feel Jed has done the correct thing waiting until we have an abundance of prospects to go for it.

[@Rick-q6r]

Great video!

[@JAYChi_Bears]

Love how aggressive the cubs are being

[@alfredohsauce]

Unfortunately the mariners say no to this deal

[@DougKillian]

The Cubs, who this year posted a team wRC+ of 101, probably need Seiya Suzuki more so than the Seattle Mariners, who this year posted a team wRC+ of 104, including a league-leading wRC+ of 118 after August 15. The Mariners need infielders, not a designated hitter.

[@GageHoefs-j6l]

I’m glad cubs fans are high on Luis Castillo, but Ms need an infielder and possibly even a replacement 5th pitcher in the deal.

[@arthurwilliams7886]

Seattle doesn’t need outfielders. We would ask for Nico Hoerner 1st and then I’m not sure after that. Doubt we deal Castillo to the Cubs. We need infielders. Looking for 1st, 2nd and 3rd baseman. Outfield is set!

[@ImHereInTheHouseBoy]

Cubs 🔥

[@kennygibbs9627]

Just don't trade Nico Horner Please still believe in this guy don't give up on him 🙏

[@kennybegeske8824]

Sosa Is Back

[@chiefgangmusic]

Man I wish we were a Big Market Team 🙂‍↕️

[@seizethecarp_]

Old rumor. Dead now since Paredes was traded. Seattle was only interested in Hoerner and Cubs look to be hanging on the him and playing Shaw at 3B.

[@TellenJones]

Mariners need big bats at corner infield positions.

[@johnpierce4833]

As a mariners fan LOL, try again🤣

[@justinwinterroth8220]

🤣🤣

[@dbdmack]

That Suzuki isn't Ichiro and he is not a headliner for a Castillo trade.

[@joanshortall7333]

Nico and either Assad or Wicks. Cubs cannot give up Seiya after Bellinger 😊

[@kenproksa1725]

You don't have a clue. Mariners need infielders not Suzuki.

[@cbe5739]

Need a CLOSER

[@no_regerts5176]

Convince the Rockies to do a 3-way deal where Cubbies get Castillo, Rockies get Suzuki, and Mariners get Kris Bryant. Dipoto does that deal….

[@fbales]

No Suzuki trade. I keep hearing this rumor, but it’s nuts! He’s one of the better hitters in MLB. Would like to see Castillo a Cub, but not for Suzuki. No, no, no.

[@JCsHorrorShow]

Where the hell is the closer??? We BLEW 26 saves last season! We saw what happened when we pushed in all our chips on an unproven youngster. Where is Adbert Alzolay now? Not on the Cubs! Are we really putting all our hopes and dreams in the hands of Porter Hodge??? Starters aren't the problem! Our WORST starter had a 3.76 ERA. That's amazing! GO GET A CLOSER!!!

[@justinwinterroth8220]

Lots of possibilities 🔥

[@justanotheryearbulls]

I’d love this deal

[@marknoesen7958]

Have you been asleep for 2 weeks?

[@JosephWilkovich-g8p]

In 8 seasons, he's 73-76. Plus he's in the middle of a $100 million contract. Based on these 2 facts alone, this trade does not move me.

[@Dman425]

Win-loss records are extremely overrated in baseball. A pitcher can pitch 8 innings and only allow one run and still lose that game

[@no_regerts5176]

@@Dman425 Felix Hernandez enters the chat….

[@Dman425]

@@no_regerts5176 the issue with Felix is, he didn’t play long enough at an elite level to be considered an all time great

[@gregwayne6785]

Who Knowswho is too valuable to give straight up. Has to be cash involved.

[@aml_5797]

Hard pass from a Mariners fan. 1) Castillo had a no trade clause that expires this year, hes signed through 2028. You'd be gettin him for 3 years, not 1. 2) M's are set in the outfield but we need infield help. Nico should be the headliner. Even that won't be enough. 3) M's would need a proven #4 or 5 starter in return as well as we don't have a replacement ready to go in the system. Boyd, Assad or Poteet needs to go as well. 4) cubs would need to eat most or all of his contract. 5) You may need to add a near ready infield prospect to get you over the hump. (2 or 3 base, we're decent at 1 and set at ss)

[@DionysusAlS]

It's idiotic to trade your most productive hitter and make a weak offense even weaker, just to slightly improve your pitching. It's all about hitting.

[@arthurdavis1292]

No. No. No!!!!

[@JohnNeace]

The Ms have zero interest in Suzuki. It would be Asad and Nico or nothing

[@DrWestlake]

Great analysis, I'm not a Cubs fan, but I think you give a very reasonable take on the situation, though the Cubs would need to add RHP Brown to the deal, so Seattle would have an arm, and to fill his spot in the bullpen, Collin Snider would go to the Cubs.

[@Tom-hc5iv]

Mariners want Hoerner.. just need to get him healthy...not sure the Mariners would be a team Suzuki waives his clause for

[@GregBanish-dg7ju]

Disagree with this video completely.He knows nothing about ballpark adjustments . Castillo had over a run lower ERA at home this year ..... considerably lower home ERA in two years before that at home.He suggested a great strikeout to walk ratio ........this last year his Strikeout to walk ratio was about 6 at home and 2.3 on the road.Both the Mariners and Cubs ballparks played as EXTREME PITCHER'S parks in 2024......mariners home park 89 run factor meaning 11 percent harder to score in that ballpark than average park..and Wrigley played at 87 park factor ...even more extreme. Suzuki obp ..369 on the road and slugging percentage .542 on the road ..both all star level performances. This video is a joke .. Unfortunately for us Cubs fans Hoyer is almost as clueless as this guy is .and Hoyer constantly ignores making the correct ballpark adjustments

[@bobsmith6370]

Only way the trade would happen is if the Cubs also took on Mitch Haniger and the Cubs eat half of his remaining $$. Seattle has too many outfielders already. I could see the M's attach a prospect to Castillo to land Matt Shaw.

[@DerbyKnowledge93]

invent any BS, whats the difference. we dont want Castillo, we want Sasaki or Buehler.

[@lttraveler2458]

Dumb video. ROKI SASAKI agent is Joe Wolfe, who is Seiya's agent. He isn't going anywhere.

[@williamrogers-y2t]

Way overpriced and over the hill, hard no, let the kids fight it out for the back end of the rotation and long relief roles.