The Cubs woke up Wednesday morning 1.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Central.
Sure, there's plenty of reason to be optimistic that the Cubs can overtake the Brew Crew in the division for the second straight summer, but it's not a guarantee Milwaukee fades in the second half again.
Especially if they go all-in before the July trade deadline.
A rumor from Jim Bowden popped up Wednsday morning indicating the Brewers could give up a huge group of guys to Baltimore for Manny Machado:
Hearing that #Brewers have discussed package that would send:
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