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On the eight-year anniversary of the lopsided trade that brought Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop to the Chicago Cubs, this is a really difficult topic to write about.
It’s time for the team to sideline the former National League Cy Young winner.
Chicago’s season quite literally hangs in the balance. They enter this weekend’s series against the Cincinnati Reds already 6 1/2 back of the Brewers in the National League Central, are crippled with injuries, and have very little margin for error at this point. With just weeks until the trade deadline, it’s now or never for this team to right the ship.