Cubs have officially bought in. After trade deadline passes, they club 7 home runs in rout of Reds. McGrawDHSports Cubs
As Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer recapped the past few weeks, it sounded like other general managers around baseball knew the Cubs would be buyers before Hoyer did.
The decision to buy looked great Tuesday, as Candelario went 4-for-5 at the plate and the Cubs erupted for 7 home runs in a 20-9 blowout of Cincinnati at Wrigley Field. Before the game, Hoyer tried to pinpoint the exact moment when he decided with certainty the sell-off was canceled. And he admitted the Cubs did think about moving key players before the team got hot.
The parity around the National League certainly helped. There are years when a 54-53 record would have the Cubs well beyond playoff contention. But that's not the case this season. "I do think we've worked amazingly hard the last few years to build up our farm system. To be able to give up talented guys , but be able to protect our top 10-15 group was really important to us."
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