As I wrote a few days ago, it is exceedingly likely that the Cubs front office will ship out anyone of value who doesn’t figure to contribute to the 2024 Cubs and beyond. That article was, well, a bit heavy and not terribly fun.
This one will be much, much different as I focus on the possible outcomes of one question: What if the biggest deal of this trade deadline isn’t the jettisoning of Juan Soto and is, instead, a blockbuster deal by which the Cubs sell of their biggest chips in a pennant-altering whopper?