There are just four days until the MLB Trade Deadline, and the Chicago Cubs are actively shopping and looking to add pieces for the stretch run. The Cubs made the first big trade of the season two weeks ago when they acquired Jose Quintana from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for their top two prospects […]
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A Meditiation on the Futility of Trade Speculation, Redux: Speculating Futilely
Ian Happ is good, and the Cubs are… kind of bad. The Cubs’ status quo as of the beginning of July is frustrating, and the rest-of-season prognosis is troubling, and possibly bleak. Between injuries to Kyle Hendricks, Jason Heyward, and Ben Zobrist; poor pitching from John Lackey and uneven pitching from the rest of the […]