2019 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 107

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports My hope out of July 31, 2019 is that the Cubs found things to feel good about. They won a road game, added an offense-first outfielder, a young player with some positional flexibility who’s had a rough go of it this year after a pretty solid 2018 and two more relief pitchers, one righty and one lefty. I assume most of us are sad to see Carl Edwards Jr. go. More than anything, he seemed like a really good dude. He was an integral part of the championship team and the image of him running around with the W flag was solid gold. But his struggles had derailed him increasingly over the last couple of years and indeed a change of scenery might be the best thing. The Cubs traded a couple of recent high draft picks which isn’t awesome, but neither one of them had been appearing in the top 10 of anyone’s Cubs prospect list, nor were any of them likely to jump up there over the offseason barring really, really strong finishes to this season.

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