The Cubs weren't inactive -- they added third baseman/utilityman Willi Castro and a couple marginal pitchers in Michael Soroka and Andrew Kittredge -- but it was a surprisingly non-aggressive deadline for a team battling the Brewers for the National League Central title. No Eugenio Suarez. No impact starting pitcher like Merrill Kelly. None of the impact relievers who exchanged teams. The Cubs have a pretty good farm system, so had the resources to make a trade for one of those players, but erred on the side of caution. We'll see if that costs them a division title or haunts them in October.
82birds wrote: ↑31 Jul 2025 18:44 pm
from an ESPN article, losers section:
Chicago Cubs
The Cubs weren't inactive -- they added third baseman/utilityman Willi Castro and a couple marginal pitchers in Michael Soroka and Andrew Kittredge -- but it was a surprisingly non-aggressive deadline for a team battling the Brewers for the National League Central title. No Eugenio Suarez. No impact starting pitcher like Merrill Kelly. None of the impact relievers who exchanged teams. The Cubs have a pretty good farm system, so had the resources to make a trade for one of those players, but erred on the side of caution. We'll see if that costs them a division title or haunts them in October.
Yeah, Cub fans would have liked all the wheelin-dealin that Mo did at the trade deadline . lol
82birds wrote: ↑31 Jul 2025 18:44 pm
from an ESPN article, losers section:
Other losers
Chicago Cubs
The Cubs weren't inactive -- they added third baseman/utilityman Willi Castro and a couple marginal pitchers in Michael Soroka and Andrew Kittredge -- but it was a surprisingly non-aggressive deadline for a team battling the Brewers for the National League Central title. No Eugenio Suarez. No impact starting pitcher like Merrill Kelly. None of the impact relievers who exchanged teams. The Cubs have a pretty good farm system, so had the resources to make a trade for one of those players, but erred on the side of caution. We'll see if that costs them a division title or haunts them in October.
Very uninspiring for the cubbies. I expected they would trade for one of the top starting pitchers, like Merrill Kelly, Alcantara or Cease.
Kind of stupid on their part. If you trade for a guy like Tucker who you are going to have a hard time signing you had better go all in to try to win or he walks with just a draft pick and you wasted a lot of top tier prospects to get him. It was really strange of them and the padres and Mets who they will have to go through improved themselves
Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑31 Jul 2025 18:55 pm
Kind of stupid on their part. If you trade for a guy like Tucker who you are going to have a hard time signing you had better go all in to try to win or he walks with just a draft pick and you wasted a lot of top tier prospects to get him. It was really strange of them and the padres and Mets who they will have to go through improved themselves
Jed Hoyer mailed it in after he got an extension. Dare I say he was impersonating Mozeliak.
Ozziesfan41 wrote: ↑31 Jul 2025 18:55 pm
Kind of stupid on their part. If you trade for a guy like Tucker who you are going to have a hard time signing you had better go all in to try to win or he walks with just a draft pick and you wasted a lot of top tier prospects to get him. It was really strange of them and the padres and Mets who they will have to go through improved themselves
The Ricketts family rolls in cash but won't spend it. They were tailor made for a Suarez rental but didn't do it. To me they are the most confounding team in MLB. Milwaukee didn't do much, either.
