Better trade: Cody Bellinger to the Yankees or Kyle Tucker to the Cubs?

The Yankees were interested in trading for Kyle Tucker. They instead landed Cody Bellinger. It came at a much different cost and should yield a different type of return. The Cubs, of course, were involved in both transactions featuring the multi-time All-Stars.

That prompted the following debate between our MLB writers: 

Which trade do you like better: The Yankees ' deal for Cody Bellinger or the Cubs ' swap for Kyle Tucker ?

Deesha Thosar: There are a few different ways of looking at this, but my answer is Bellinger to the Yankees — particularly because they essentially got him for free. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman sent only 30-year-old right-hander Cody Poteet to Chicago in exchange for Bellinger. The veteran righty has a 3.80 ERA in 24 games (13 starts) across three years in the major leagues between the Marlins and the Yankees, and he'll simply serve as another depth arm on the Cubs' pitching staff. Sure, Poteet's 2.22 ERA in 24.1 innings last year — which included four solid starts while Gerrit Cole began the year on the injured list — was valuable for the Yankees' rotation.

But the trade agreement to part ways with Poteet, versus a top prospect in the Yankees' farm system, was as easy of a decision for Cashman as whether to wear a coat in New York during the winter.

Bellinger's versatility in the field is a focal point of this trade. Last season, the former MVP award winner appeared defensively at all three outfield positions (49 games in right field, 48 games in center and one game in left) and played a good chunk at first base (22 games). Depending on the flurry of activity in the Yankees' front office the rest of this offseason, manager Aaron Boone can play Bellinger in center, right or first