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Did the Cubs' front office dropping the ball at the deadline cause this recent slide?

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Jed Hoyer and his front office may have flushed the 2025 season down the drain with their deadline screw-up.

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We are all aware of what happened at the 2025 trade deadline. The Chicago Cubs front office made a handful of smaller moves to improve the roster marginally, but they fell short of acquiring an impact starting pitcher or closer.

This was a failure on the front office's part because the team is essentially outgunned in the starting pitching department in a hypothetical playoff series.