Sure sounds like the New York Post lost their minds with nonsensical Cubs trade idea

It's been a slow start to the offseason for the Chicago Cubs but that is not a real surprise for a team that waited until January last offseason to make the first addition to their Major League roster after the 2023 season.

It would seem unlikely that the Cubs would wait that long for an addition this offseason but the team before their first impact move of the winter has been used for speculation. Among the most recent speculation was Jeff Passan floating the idea that the Cubs may have made Nico Hoerner and Cody Bellinger available in trade talks.

There's a need for nuance when talking about the idea of the Cubs trading either Hoerner or Bellinger. It would seem unlikely that the Cubs would move either player for the mere purpose of moving them. Even if one wanted to make the case that the Cubs wanted to move Bellinger to create some financial flexibility, any team taking on that money would likely lessen the return being sent back to Chicago.

That same nuance is what the New York Post lacked when throwing out this nonsensical trade idea between the Cubs and New York Yankees.

Jed Hoyer would need to be fired on the spot if this Yankees' trade happened.

Props to Emmanuel Berbari for proving that he passed the elementary reading test. What Bebari lacks is comprehension. We mention that due to Berbari reading the rumors that the Cubs were in the "midtier pitching market" in the sense that that is the type of pitcher the Cubs would look to trade for.

Where Berbari's idea falls apart is the belief that the Cubs would be willing to include Bellinger and Hoerner for a midtier starting pitcher in Marcus Stroman along with one of the Yankees' top prospects, Spencer Jones. An aging Stroman is not the type of starting pitcher the Cubs would target in a trade that includes Bellinger or Hoerner. The incentive of adding prospects also doesn't match with a Cubs' team that has to contend in 2025, even if those prospects are close to being Major League ready.

It's possible that the Cubs will look to trade market to fill their starting pitching but if they do, it won't be for a midtier starting pitcher. It would be for an impact starting pitcher such as Garrett Crochet.

Short of Yankees fans playing MLB The Show, there is no world where this deal has the slightest possibiltiy of happening.