Ranking the Chicago Cubs’ three most tradable assets

The Chicago Cubs just took three of four from the lowly St. Louis Cardinals. Now, the Cubs are 48-51 which is good for third place in the NL Central Division. They are 6.5 games behind the leading Milwaukee Brewers.

The Cincinnati Reds are in second, trailing the Brewers by 0.5 games. Can the Cubs climb over two teams before the season is over with what they have right now? No.

They could be buyers at the deadline and then have a slightly better chance. But then what? Maybe or maybe not make the playoffs? That is not worth giving up assets.

If the Cubs want to continue rebuilding the right way, they will sell off the pieces that are clearly not coming back. These are their three biggest trade assets ranked:

3. Patrick Wisdom

The Chicago Cubs could consider moving Patrick Wisdom this year.

Patrick Wisdom is one of the best pure home run hitters in the National League. In a somewhat limited role with the Chicago Cubs, Wisdom leads the team in that category. It is honestly remarkable.

It doesn’t seem like Wisdom has a long-term future with the team as the only thing he does really well is hit home runs. He strikes out a lot and isn’t an elite defender anywhere.

There are a few contending teams out there, however, that could use Wisdom much more than the Cubs right now. Having a big-time power threat to add to your lineup as a bench piece could be huge for someone.

There may be a team out there that sees him available and jumps on it. Getting something for a pure home run hitter that doesn’t play every day would be great asset management.