It will be a tricky trade deadline for the Chicago Cubs

Jameson Taillon threw a gem on Tuesday night at Wrigley FieldThe Cubs were always a long shot to play meaningful baseball down the stretch, but they’ve really failed to seize the sliver of opportunity. It’s been difficult to watch, honestly. The story of the Cubs season in a nutshell: starting pitching that you can rely on, followed by either the offense or bullpen failing to show up. Early in the season the problem seemed to be more the bullpen’s fault, however, recently the offense has almost entirely vanished. Scoring nine runs in six games isn’t exactly a recipe a recipe for winning baseball. All of it has the Cubs on the cusp of selling one more time at the deadline.

This trade deadline…