It's undeniable that when the Chicago Cubs take the field on Friday afternoon against the Baltimore Orioles, they will be a better team than the one that departed Milwaukee earlier this week with only one win during a pivotal three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers. A Brewers team that enters Friday with the best record in all of baseball.
Looking at the direct individual value of each move the Cubs made leading up to the MLB trade deadline on Thursday, the additions should be better than the players they are replacing.
Andrew Kittredge is a better version of Ryan Pressly, especially when you consider Kittredge offers a level of swing-and-miss that is missing throughout the entire Cubs' pitching staff.