Of course he will bounce back. He was one of the very best players in the game for 4 years running, before his '16 slump.
He's only going to cost you (in samolians) $29M for the next two years.
But every GM in the universe has figured all that out and Pittsburg (if they're selling) are certainly in the driver's seat. But I can't see why they would sell right now. They won 98 games just a year ago, with mostly the same group of guys they have right now. Why would they assume they can't do that again, with a bounced-back Cutch?
Of course, if they trade him they will demand a princely return just because of the factors above. Walker and O'Neill will be what they ask for. I"m not sure you get them to fall back to Deej. But they mihgt tell us that Kyle Lewis and Alex Jackson would do nicely.
Because he's going to bounce back and because he's cheap, GM's are drooling. Which makes him expensive. And then you add to that the fact that Pittsburgh isn't really in a rebuilding mode. If they sell off now, when do they challenge Chicago again?
It's a coup if we can get him and not send away too much. Do that and DiPoto and done something pretty slick.
Walker + guys. And the + won't be chump change. You can bet that Lewis would have to be included.
Are you in or out?
If you could get him to agree to a 3rd year at $18M, or so (and you might get that to happen), before he ran away to the green fields of FA-land, then he's an even nicer get.