Just over a month ago, it was appearing as if the tide was finally turning on the North Side.
After a collapse in 2021 before the trade deadline led to a fire sale that saw the Cubs' front office trade away the majority of the team's World Series-winning core from five years prior, a new era appeared to be on the horizon.
The bats went cold this week in what was a necessary series for the Cubs to make up ground in, being outscored 16-7 in a three-game sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Angels after holding a lead in all three games. Cody Bellinger, who while still injured, appeared to have revitalized his career in the 37 games he's played this season, and will likely be a popular trade target if he returns healthy before the deadline.
Pete Crow-Armstrong, acquired in the 2021 trade that sent Javier Baez to the New York Mets, has also emerged as one of the game's top outfield prospects while the team's second-ranked prospect, right-hander Cade Horton, was recently promoted to High-A South Bend. While still the third-best prospect in the organization, Kevin Alcántara has shown mixed results at South Bend this year, totaling 15 extra-base hits and 11 stolen bases while struggling to a .289 OBP.
As experienced top-of-the-rotation strength is routinely among the hardest to draft and among the highest in-demand during free agency, maintaining Stroman gives the Cubs both security at the top of the rotation for the foreseeable future and maintains the team as a free agent destination with tools to compete.
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