One of the things I was wondering about is what Hoyer will want in terms of lefty-righty.
For starters,
*LH: Rizzo, Schwarber, and Heyward
*RH: Baez, Bryant, Contreras RH.
Bench:
*LH: Descalso,
*RH: Hoerner, Bote, Almora, Russell
*Switch: Caratini, Happ,
Gone is switch Zobrist, and long gone is lefty slugger LaStella.
*IF* they were to trade Schwarber and keep Castellanos, as was considered at one point but has perhaps lost some consideration after Schwarber's strong finish, that would make them kinda thin on the lefty side for starters. I think that might be yet another reason to NOT shop Schwarber too hard.
Happ is another trade guy, and if reb was right that he'd be a value piece, that would really leave the bench RH-oriented.
Shogo is lefty. I wonder if that would be something they'd like, to keep the overall roster a little more lefty? Or not really, since if Heyward and Schwarber are already lefty, plus Happ is better lefty than righty, if adding Shogo as a 4th outfield lefty would not really be an ideal platoon landscape? So maybe they'd prefer a RH defensive CF?