Cubs want to rule baseball world, but after trade deadline, they still need to get past juggernaut Dodgers
<p>As <b>Jed Hoyer</b>, fresh off <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-jed-hoyer-top-prospects-trades-kevin-gausman-clay-holmes-ryan-zeferjahn-braxton-garrett-tyrone-taylor" >win-now trade-deadline moves</a>, was lobbed a question about the Dodgers’ blockbuster trade for two-time Cy Young winner <b>Tarik Skubal</b>, he was accompanied by the Wrigley Field organ.</p><p>Though the organ plays only instrumentals, the lyrics of the '80s hit were unmissable:</p><p>“Everybody wants to rule the world.”</p><p>Thing is, only the Dodgers have ruled the baseball world for the last two years, and by adding Skubal, baseball’s most talent-rich team got richer, showing they have no intention of relinquishing the throne.</p><p>The Dodgers bested everyone for the summer’s top trade target, including the Cubs.</p><p>“We had a lot of conversations with them,” Hoyer said of unsuccessfully trying to pry Skubal from the Tigers.</p><p>Coincidentally, the Dodgers were in town as the deadline passed, for a three-game set at the Friendly Confines. The Cubs will get an up-close look at Skubal on Tuesday and an up-close look at the task that sits ahead of them as they chase their championship-level aspirations.</p><p>To win it all, the Cubs will have to beat the Dodgers.</p><p>Gulp.</p><p>“That’s the team you’ve got to beat, right?” Hoyer said.
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<p>As <b>Jed Hoyer</b>, fresh off <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-jed-hoyer-top-prospects-trades-kevin-gausman-clay-holmes-ryan-zeferjahn-braxton-garrett-tyrone-taylor" >win-now trade-deadline moves</a>, was lobbed a question about the Dodgers’ blockbuster trade for two-time Cy Young winner <b>Tarik Skubal</b>, he was accompanied by the Wrigley Field organ.</p><p>Though the organ plays only instrumentals, the lyrics of the '80s hit were unmissable:</p><p>“Everybody wants to rule the world.”</p><p>Thing is, only the Dodgers have ruled the baseball world for the last two years, and by adding Skubal, baseball’s most talent-rich team got richer, showing they have no intention of relinquishing the throne.</p><p>The Dodgers bested everyone for the summer’s top trade target, including the Cubs.</p><p>“We had a lot of conversations with them,” Hoyer said of unsuccessfully trying to pry Skubal from the Tigers.</p><p>Coincidentally, the Dodgers were in town as the deadline passed, for a three-game set at the Friendly Confines. The Cubs will get an up-close look at Skubal on Tuesday and an up-close look at the task that sits ahead of them as they chase their championship-level aspirations.</p><p>To win it all, the Cubs will have to beat the Dodgers.</p><p>Gulp.</p><p>“That’s the team you’ve got to beat, right?” Hoyer said. “Clearly, they’re going to be the favorites. They’ve won two times in a row.
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- <p>As <b>Jed Hoyer</b>, fresh off <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/08/03/cubs-mlb-trade-deadline-jed-hoyer-top-prospects-trades-kevin-gausman-clay-holmes-ryan-zeferjahn-braxton-garrett-tyrone-taylor" >win-now trade-deadline moves</a>, was lobbed a question about the Dodgers’ blockbuster trade for two-time Cy Young winner <b>Tarik Skubal</b>, he was accompanied by the Wrigley Field organ.</p><p>Though the organ plays only instrumentals, the lyrics of the '80s hit were unmissable:</p><p>“Everybody wants to rule the world.”</p><p>Thing is, only the Dodgers have ruled the baseball world for the last two years, and by adding Skubal, baseball’s most talent-rich team got richer, showing they have no intention of relinquishing the throne.</p><p>The Dodgers bested everyone for the summer’s top trade target, including the Cubs.</p><p>“We had a lot of conversations with them,” Hoyer said of unsuccessfully trying to pry Skubal from the Tigers.</p><p>Coincidentally, the Dodgers were in town as the deadline passed, for a three-game set at the Friendly Confines. The Cubs will get an up-close look at Skubal on Tuesday and an up-close look at the task that sits ahead of them as they chase their championship-level aspirations.</p><p>To win it all, the Cubs will have to beat the Dodgers.</p><p>Gulp.</p><p>“That’s the team you’ve got to beat, right?” Hoyer said.
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Cubs want to rule baseball world, but after trade deadline, they still need to get past juggernaut Dodgers
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