Never enough. The Chicago Cubs were forced to endure some tough years to acquire the stockpile of talent that they have in the minor leagues. It often times seems easy to give up a low-level ballplayer to get a player the team has their eye on (See Gleyber Torres for Aroldis Chapman), and players who succeed at Single-A don’t always continue their growth through the system. And other times, you don’t see the success coming.
Back in 2008, the Chicago Cubs had a lead in the NL Central over the Cardinals and the Brewers, and the Crew had just acquired C.