We are now more than a week into July, and the hot stove is starting to boil over with some realistic trade rumors, some of which involve the Cubs. We are about a week away from the All-Star Game, and we’ve already seen three Cubs selected to represent the North Side. While the Cubs wait for their key players, including Kris Bryant and Yu Darvish, to get back into action, there’s some speculation as to what they might pursue before the non-waiver trade deadline at the end of the month.
The one piece of business that kind of flew under the radar (since the Cubs have been doing well on this front ever since Theo Epstein took over) was the signing of the 2018 MLB Draft picks.