Why the Cubs Need More Than One Trade, and FAST #chicagocubs #craigcounsell

Sports Talk Chicago

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5 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The Chicago Cubs started the season white hot, but are they falling apart now? We break down why the offense, rotation, and bullpen can’t click at the same time, what Jed Hoyer’s trade deadline plan really means, and which pitchers could (or won’t) fix the Cubs’ playoff hopes. #hoyer MVP Injury Law https://mvpinjurylaw.com/

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0:00.0	Sports Talk, Chicago with Joey Christopoulos, is brought to you by,
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0:27.4	MVP injury law.com. We'll get you the gold. Welcome to Sports Talk Chicago.
0:40.3	And now with your host, Joey Christopoulos.
0:44.3	We're going to start on the baseball side of things.
0:47.3	And as you can tell with the Chicago Cubs,
0:50.3	look, the first two months of the season,
0:52.3	I think at this point now we can look back
0:55.2	and maybe say that we took it a little bit for granted, because it was charmed to say the
0:59.4	least. They were averaging six runs a game, something that hadn't been done since the 2019
1:04.7	Yankees and something that was when we talk about the 1927 Yankees and all those great
1:10.7	offenses, days of
1:12.5	your that your grandparents or uncles told you about, that's what the Chicago Cubs were doing
1:16.7	the first two months of the season. But they've come back to Earth a little bit. And it's been
1:22.9	really funny. It's been ironic. And maybe this is a calling card or a hallmark
1:27.5	of a really good team.
1:29.2	But it has been funny that the season started
1:31.3	out. Offense was white hot.
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