I think this is the thing I'm most curious about. Jed has talked a big game about selling even if the team is mediocre at the deadline. But we're at 2.5 years of big talk with the only change being the Schwarber/Joc swap. Theo clearly wasn't willing to break up the band, but does Jed actually have the stones to sell if they're .500 and like three games out in late July? Uh yeah, the guy sold Darvish off a CY runner up season after he suddenly became the only good Cubs player (after being the worstest). That said, he’d be an idiot to sell in that scenario. Is that where you’re drawing the line? .500 and 3 whole games in July? Does anyone sell in that scenario? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Flag_Trade Worth noting that 24 years later, this is the top result for 'White Flag Trade', which tells you something about how it went over with the fan base.