Cubs Trade Rumors: Updates on Darvish, Verlander, More

“It has to be obvious this guy is going to help,” Joe Maddon said prior to Friday’s evisceration. “Lateral moves can work against you in a tight clubhouse.”

I wanted to lead with that because the way the Cubs soiled the bed against the Cardinals led to a lot of knee-jerk reactions. And while many of them were laden with sarcasm, there was no doubt plenty of seriousness in the comments about the Cubs going after some new arms. And they very well may, with names like Zach Britton and Mike Minor coming up over the last few days.

Ken Rosenthal added credence to the latter rumor when he wrote in a Facebook post (he’s been using that medium since FOX Sports has pivoted to video and he can’t write…