The Chicago Cubs reeled off a string of victories in late July, all but forcing the front office to make additions to a potential playoff contender, but those measures can’t help but feel unfinished as the MLB trade deadline passes.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyFinally, he did enable the Cubs to designate Trey Mancini for assignment, a move that could point to the club exceeding the luxury tax next year, as the team will still be on the hook for roughly $7 million of his salary.
Sure, there were rumors. There was talk of acquiring Brooks Radley from the New York Mets, or Andrew Chafin from the Arizona Diamondbacks , or even Aaron Bummer from theAll of those moves would have helped this team’s bullpen and eased some of the pressure on guys like Adbert Alzolay and Daniel Palencia, but instead the team ended up left with just José Cuas from the Kansas City Royals as they enter the home stretch of the season.
Even Chafin, a fan favorite who hasn’t been the world’s greatest lefty this season, would have addressed the team’s glaring deficiency in that area, with Anthony Kay still the only left-handed reliever in their bullpen post-August 1. While the plan at this point would almost certainly be to have Ben Brown finish out the regular season as a starter in Iowa, adding him to the mix for the remainder of the season could both limit his pitch count and could add an element of swing-and-miss to the pen, as he has racked up 120 strikeouts in those 85 innings.
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