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Core No More: Cubs trade Bryant, Baez and Rizzo as team officially starts over

WASHINGTON – When Jed Hoyer took over as Cubs president in November, there was always an elephant in the room. That being the clock on core the franchise built around that had quickly been winding down.

Since 2018, there has been talk about breaking up the team’s core and while his predecessor often alluded to change, for many years that core remained untouched.

But as the Cubs’ season slowly spiraled and the team fell further back in the division with the help of their 11-game losing streak, all the signs pointed to the need for change.

Hoyer didn’t wait around and pulled the trigger on the Cubs’ core and officially ended the Cubs’ 2016 World Series era.