The Milwaukee Brewers' routing of the Chicago Cubs in the first two games of the NLDS hasn't just exposed how far the Cubs are from being the top team in the National League Central, but how grossly the front office misevaluated the MLB trade deadline. It was a time when the Cubs were expected to add a top-of-the-rotation starting pitcher, but came away with Michael Soroka while championing the fact that the 2032 Cubs were intact. Given how the pitching staff has struggled against the Brewers, it's impossible to ignore that failure.
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