The Chicago Cubs are scouring the trade market with just seven days until the deadline, with the latest reports connecting them to multiple high-end arms, ranging from Dylan Cease to Edward Cabrera and Kris Bubic.
For our purposes here, we're going to focus on Bubic, the Kansas City Royals' All-Star left-hander, who tossed five scoreless frames against the Marlins in his first second-half start. The results were there, as they've been all year long, but came with a potential red flag that has Jed Hoyer proceeding with caution.
Cubs thinking big, but not throwing caution to the wind at the deadline
As recently as this weekend, sources close to the situation indicated that there was momentum between the Cubs and the Royals regarding lefty Kris Bubic.