2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 109

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty ImagesSo, did anything happen since we last spoke? There were a couple of trades, huh? This is Tom’s platform and while I usually just talk about the game and generally how things are going. As a guy who purports to talk about the big picture, I don’t think the trade deadline is a thing that I can ignore.

The Cubs added four players. I wrote just a couple of days ago regarding the lack of roster depth. The Cubs bench offers essentially no offensive value. And at any given time, the Cubs pitching staff utilizes as many as three pitchers who most of us probably don’t want to see touching a ball in a playoff series. Some of you might go past four. The Cubs added…