5 trade targets from the Chicago Cubs for the Colorado Rockies

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Wade Miley would be a good target for the Colorado Rockies

Despite the Chicago Cubs claiming Wade Miley off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds, perhaps the Cubs are looking to do what the Reds should have done: cash in on Miley’s good season and get a prospect or two in a trade. The Colorado Rockies could use Miley in their rotation.

Rockies fans probably best remember Miley, 35, as a starter for the Arizona Diamondbacks, which is where he started off his career but he has played with six other teams since.

In 2021 for the Reds, Miley had arguably the best season of his career. He made 28 starts and he averaged nearly six innings per start and he had an ERA of 3.37. He had an ERA+ of 141, a FIP of 3.97, a WHIP of 1.325, and he averaged 2.8 walks and 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings.

For the Rockies, he could be good for them considering their success in their starting rotation (particularly at Coors Field) with pitchers with high groundball rates as, since 2019, Antonio Senzatela, Germán Márquez, and Jon Gray were all among the top 17 starters in groundball percentage with at least 300 innings pitched.

For Miley, he is also in that group as his 49.4 percent groundball rate puts him at #11 in that group. Miley is entering the final year of a three-year deal and is slated to make $10 million in 2022.

Our trade target series continues in the NL Central with the Cincinnati Reds up next.