Cubs 2025 Trade Deadline Thread

[Randall Simon]

Just now, s2obed said:

Kind of disgusting not to use the prospect capital when your team is a top 3 in the league to acquire at least a number 2 pitcher.

This.  You may not like the price tag, but you have to pay up when you have a chance. Sigh

[Irrelevant Dude]

There is no way Kyle Tucker is playing for the Cubs next year.  Enough precincts are reporting and I can officially make that call.

Edited July 31, 2025 by Irrelevant Dude

[Stratos]

3 minutes ago, Randall Simon said:

Playoff baseball is different than regular season baseball 

Yeah all the below-average SP depth we have doesn't mean anything 

[cubfansince77]

10 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

We couldn't even get Charlie Morton's corpse?

Tigers poached him but I wanted him to eat some innings, especially with Horton's situation

[s2obed]

Jed is too conservative. He’s afraid to pull the trigger on a big move. Honestly, even trading for Tucker this offseason was shocking to me. 

[Tryptamine]

9 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

There is no way Kyle Tucker is playing for the Cubs this year.  Enough precincts are reporting and I can officially make that call.

With Jed clutching his prospects this tightly, there's no way in hell Tucker is a Cub next year and none of the other guys who are FAs after 2026 are getting extensions either. 

[Randall Simon]

Trying to win it all with trepidation and luck. 

[gflore34]

I was question about my lack of confidence in Jed to make an honest attempt at improving the Cubs.  Here's example #1 as to why.

[Soul]

Jed strategically got himself extended right before the deal making began.

[Tryptamine]

Do we have the official death tweet yet so we can put this TDL to bed?

[Geographyhater8888]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

There is no way Kyle Tucker is playing for the Cubs next year.  Enough precincts are reporting and I can officially make that call.

He’ll go to one of the 27 other organizations who’ve handed out $200+ million contracts.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Man, managing innings in this rotation is going to be a high wire act for the next two months. I can’t believe this.

[chibears55]

Just now, s2obed said:

Kind of disgusting not to use the prospect capital when your team is a top 3 in the league to acquire at least a number 2 pitcher.

Hoyer looking ahead to not signing Tucker, trading Happ and or Suzuki in their final year ( get them to waive NTC).

 

 

[We Got The Whole 9]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

There is no way Kyle Tucker is playing for the Cubs next year.  Enough precincts are reporting and I can officially make that call.

Agreed, I think the chances are slim

[TarzanJoeWallis]

Just now, Tryptamine said:

With Jed clutching his prospects this tightly, there's no way in hell Tucker is a Cub next year and none of the other guys who are FAs after 2026 are getting extensions either. 

Yeah I’ve not been one of those fans who say Tucker is for sure gone after the year. I thought they had a legit chance of keeping him. But today showed me they don’t expect him to be here. 

[Soul]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

With Jed clutching his prospects this tightly, there's no way in hell Tucker is a Cub next year and none of the other guys who are FAs after 2026 are getting extensions either. 

Tucker is definitely gone.

[Outshined_One]

By my count, the big SPs who were targets this deadline who were not moved are:

Cease, Keller, Ryan, Gore, Cabrera, Alcantara, Gallen

Anyone else I'm missing?

[gflore34]

2 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

With Jed clutching his prospects this tightly, there's no way in hell Tucker is a Cub next year and none of the other guys who are FAs after 2026 are getting extensions either. 

I mean, you're not looking forward to Cassie striking out for 3+ months in 2026?  Come on...

On Tucker, if he doesn't go a on massive heater in the remaining 54 games, will he be able to command long term big money?  His numbers right now are good but, they're not that good.

Edited July 31, 2025 by gflore34

[17 Seconds]

why the horsefeathers did Jed get tucker if he was going to spend the next year with half measures?

[KCCub]

 

 

[Irrelevant Dude]

At least we got a relief pitcher who may or may not throw submarine, I'm not sure.

[Stratos]

2 minutes ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

Man, managing innings in this rotation is going to be a high wire act for the next two months. I can’t believe this.

Imagine if Boyd and Horton need to be shut down.  We'll limp to the finish line.

[Tryptamine]

10 minutes ago, KCCub said:

 

 

Well it's Ryan or Jed completely botched the most important cub TDL in years.

[mul21]

2 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

By my count, the big SPs who were targets this deadline who were not moved are:

Cease, Keller, Ryan, Gore, Cabrera, Alcantara, Gallen

Anyone else I'm missing?

Cease got traded.

[Hortonhearsawho]

3 minutes ago, Soul said:

Jed strategically got himself extended right before the deal making began.

He did exactly what the Rickets family paid him to do not spend very much money.