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There’s no doubt this has been the Golden Era of Chicago Cubs baseball. It’s the greatest stretch of success fans have ever seen for this group, but if things don’t change the franchise is going to head in different direction fairly soon. It’s hindsight, but there were many chances for the front office and ownership to sustain a perennial contender, one of them being a trade for Mets ace Jacob deGrom.
You might recall when these rumors surfaced in 2018, a year the Cubs were coming off three-straight NLCS appearances and still atop the NL Central trying to fight off the Brewers who made some offseason additions (Christian Yelich and Lorenzo Cain) which took them to a new competitive level.