SAN FRANCISCO – The Cubs are expected to lose at least two, likely three, of their back-end relievers to the Aug. 2 trade deadline.
Sound familiar?
Last year, the Cubs traded away Craig Kimbrel, Ryan Tepera and Andrew Chafin – the Big 3 of their bullpen – as part of their deadline purge.
This year, the Cubs have yet again found success with veteran relievers mostly on short-term deals. And now, David Robertson, Mychal Givens and Chris Martin could go the way of their predecessors.
“It gets talked about because it’s the elephant in the room and everyone understands it’s real,” Cubs bullpen coach Chris Young told the Sun-Times, “but you respect how professional they are, you respect that they still want to pitch, they still want to be a part of it.