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Typically, you can’t get a trade-deadline boost without parting with prospects.
But Jed Hoyer will have to walk a fine line as the Cubs try to improve ahead of a late-summer pennant race.
The Cubs’ president of baseball operations certainly has a wealth of young talent to deal from, with the team’s farm system boasting five of the top 100 prospects on MLB.com’s latest list. And those young players are extremely important to the Cubs’ fortunes past the 2025 season.
But opportunities to win the World Series don’t come around too often, hence the tough decisions Hoyer’s front office could face as it tries to win this year.