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Because of the timing of the Blogathon ending, and then the weekend of trying to recover physically, there are some things I haven’t yet had a chance to share here. You may have already seen some of these quotes from Cubs President Jed Hoyer, but in case you hadn’t, they are important enough that I wanted to put them up.

As we know, the Cubs did not achieve their most obvious goal for Thursday’s Trade Deadline: add an impactful, sure-fire starting pitcher. I wrote up my thoughts on that failing here, and they stand.

But I do want to at least allow for Hoyer to offer an explanation for why things shook out the way they did.

Full Story (via Brett Taylor):

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