So if you didn’t like yesterday’s idea for the Cubs to trade for Sandy Alcanatara, perhaps you’d like his teammate Edward Cabrera better.

Like Alcantara, Cabrera was the subject of trade rumors at the deadline last July. And like all the useful starters around then, none was traded because the asking prices were too high.

Cabrera comes with a caveat: He missed three weeks in September due to a right elbow strain. Uh-oh, that can be a precursor to Tommy John surgery. On the other hand, the Marlins did not shut him dow. He returned and made two starts at the end of the season, one of them five shutout innings vs. the Mets Sept. 28, a game that helped put the Mets out of any postseason consideration. Cabrera struck out seven in that game, but also walked five… so, “caveat emptor,” as they s

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