Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer makes a couple of moves to accommodate the team's trade deadline additions

Guys like Joe Ryan, MacKenzie Gore, Sandy Alcantara and Edward Cabrera weren’t moved. But the problem is, this was the chance for the Cubs to overpay for a playoff-caliber starter and to gain a leg-up on other contenders.

The Cubs left the top of their farm system almost completely untouched, essentially trading away a bunch of teenagers and mid-round picks.