3 trades the Cubs need to make before the deadline
By Scott Rogust
Pick Analysis. Kansas City Royals. 1.. player. Scouting Report. RP. Trevor Rosenthal. 7
When it comes to quality relievers on the trade market, the name at the top of the list is Trevor Rosenthal of the Kansas City Royals. Yes, he is a part of a Royals team near the bottom of the AL Central and still in the midst of a rebuild. Adding more prospects to their pipeline could do wonders of Kansas City, and Chicago should happily oblige.
Rosenthal has pitched in 15 games this season, and has posted a 3.59 ERA and struck out 21 batters in 13.2 innings pitched. More importantly, he has seven saves in seven opportunities, which is the fifth-most in all of MLB.
The Cubs need a solid option at closer if they want to make a push for the World Series. Never forget that Chicago did so back in 2016 by acquiring Aroldis Chapman from the New York Yankees. Chapman had a 3.52 ERA and a 0.913 WHIP in five games of the World Series, and that’s with him surrendering the Rajai Davis home run in Game 7.
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Rosenthal won’t come at as steep of a price as it was to acquire Chapman, but the juice is worth the squeeze. Having a quality closer will help in the most important games of the season.