The Chicago Cubs entered the season with a big hole in the starting pitch. This hole has increased with multiple injuries, including end -of -season elbow surgery for Justin Steele, and the need for cubs for a launcher has reached desperate levels.

Cubs will probably be aggressive on the deadline for trade in the same way that they were aggressive during the offseason. Chicago needs a launcher, it is therefore very likely that the front office will find a solution on the commercial block.

Zachary Rymer de Bleacher Report recently suggested the cubs could be best suited in a case For San Diego Padres, Ace Dylan stops in the coming days.

The San Diego Padres Dylan launcher stops
Miami, Florida – July 23: Dylan ceases n ° 84 of the San Diego Padres Delevers during the first round against the Marlins of Miami at the Loandepot park on July 23, 2025 in Miami, Florida.

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“Six teams called the Padres on Dylan stop, according to (Jon) Heyman, but there is a torsion,” wrote Rymer. “The brothers are not a traditional seller, because Buster Olney d’Espn reported that they would only move it to consolidate other needs. According to Heyman’s report, Cubs are one of the four teams that called on this subject, which obtained the votes of the Cy Young Award in 2022 and 2024.

“They are best suited for him at least one base, which concerns the rate to which their beginners strike the blows. It is not great, because the percentage of withdrawals of 20.3 of their rotation is the lowest of any team of playoffs.

Even if it is a rental, the robbery of negotiations only makes sense for the paadres if they can get a transport in a return, in particular with the big league players who return in the agreement. For Cubs, this would probably mean cutting links with Owen Caissie, who could play in the left field in San Diego.

Beyond Caissie, the paadres could target Kevin Alcántara or some prospects for pitching to conclude the agreement. A business should be loaded, but the Cubs, which entered the half-match weekend of the brewers, are at the level of aggressiveness in which this agreement could have a meaning.

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