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There probably wasn’t a specific moment before the trade deadline when Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said, “We’re going to be buyers!” There were some moments that helped, of course. Hoyer noted the comeback win over the White Sox and the game that featured Mike Tauchman’s walk-off home-run robbery — both part of the eight-game winning streak that…

The Chicago Cubs enter the night 5 games out of 1st place after adding Jeimer Candelario to their roster on Monday. Trey Mancini gets DFA’d by the team. How did the Cubs fair at the trade deadline? What did they give up and what do they get back? Was it enough? Luke Stuckmeyer and Cody Delmendo take you from the…

Following a 12-2 win to finish off a sweep of the A’s on Wednesday in Oakland, the Cubs are officially over 10 percent of the way through the regular season. With an 11-6 record, they’re just two games back of the Brewers in the National League Central. If the season ended Wednesday, the Cubs — with an eye-opening, NL-leading plus-39…

It’s no secret this Cubs team isn’t necessarily built with much comeback potential, especially not when they’re facing large deficits. The focus of the offseason was on shoring up the starting pitching depth, adding a couple of backend bullpen pieces and putting Gold Glove-caliber defenders around the field. Run prevention, not run production, is what’s supposed to earn the Cubs…

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