{"id":59034,"date":"2025-08-05T16:52:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=59034"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:52:52","slug":"jacks-take-chicago-cubs-underwhelming-trade-deadline-just-got-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=59034","title":{"rendered":"Jack&#8217;s Take: Chicago Cubs&#8217; Underwhelming Trade Deadline Just Got Worse&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cubs came away from the 2025 trade deadline with four new in-season additions\u2014Michael Soroka, Andrew Kittredge, Taylor Rogers, and utilityman Willi Castro\u2014but the overall haul felt pedestrian at best.<\/p>\n<p>While cast as depth pieces, none were real game\u2011change upgrades. Soroka\u2019s surface ERA checks in at 4.87, though his expected metrics look better, and Castro\u2019s versatility and value against lefties were highlights. Still, fans expected more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-59035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01k1x7vp5ghvjzzbcbpf-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01k1x7vp5ghvjzzbcbpf-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/01k1x7vp5ghvjzzbcbpf.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The big issue: the Cubs failed to land an immediate impact starting pitcher\u2014despite openly targeting one.<\/p>\n<p>That omission loomed largest, especially given injuries to Shota Imanaga and Javier Assad, and the uncertainty surrounding Jameson Taillon.<\/p>\n<p>In a season built around All-Stars like Pete Crow\u2011Armstrong and Kyle Tucker, the pitching staff needed reinforcement to sustain a playoff push.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Post-deadline grades were brutal: D+ from ClutchPoints and recognition among the league\u2019s major non-winners.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors like the Mets, Padres and Phillies pulled off more impactful deals, putting Chicago in the \u201cleft behind\u201d camp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In short: fine moves maybe, but not enough for a team with World Series aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cubs came away from the 2025 trade deadline with four new in-season additions\u2014Michael Soroka, Andrew Kittredge, Taylor Rogers, and utilityman Willi Castro\u2014but the overall haul felt pedestrian at best. While cast as depth pieces, none were real game\u2011change upgrades. Soroka\u2019s surface ERA checks in at 4.87, though his expected metrics look better, and Castro\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":59036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[730],"class_list":["post-59034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicago-cubs-hq"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jack&#039;s Take: Chicago Cubs&#039; Underwhelming Trade Deadline Just<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jack&#039;s Take: Chicago Cubs&#039; Underwhelming Trade Deadline Just Got Worse..............................................\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=59034\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jack&#039;s Take: Chicago Cubs&#039; 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