The Rumor Mill is a column where Sahadev Sharma (@SahadevSharma) reacts to the various Cubs rumors, news and trends of the past week. Have a baseball question for him? Email him: Sahadev@TheAthletic.com.
While relief pitching has been the big storyline going into the Aug. 1 trade deadline, the Cubs are reportedly also interested in Athletics outfielder Josh Reddick.
Rahul Nallappa: Per Fox Sports/MLB.com reporter Jon Morosi, the Cubs are one of the teams interested in Reddick. Upon first glance, this might not seem to make much sense.