Jed Hoyer added needed pitching at trade deadline, now Craig Counsell, Cubs must put puzzle pieces together
<p>Suddenly, things are mighty crowded on the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>’ pitching staff.</p><p>Earlier in the summer, injuries stretched the team’s pitching depth to its limits. But after <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" >Jed Hoyer’s aggressive trade deadline</a> Monday, there are new questions on the North Side, chiefly:</p><p>How are the Cubs going to fit all their new pitching puzzle pieces together?</p><p>Questions, maybe.
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<p>Suddenly, things are mighty crowded on the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>’ pitching staff.</p><p>Earlier in the summer, injuries stretched the team’s pitching depth to its limits. But after <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" >Jed Hoyer’s aggressive trade deadline</a> Monday, there are new questions on the North Side, chiefly:</p><p>How are the Cubs going to fit all their new pitching puzzle pieces together?</p><p>Questions, maybe. But not problematic ones, so says the skipper.</p><p>“You might look at it and say, ‘Oh, we’ve got too many starters. What are we going to do?’ We’ll figure it out,” manager Craig Counsell said Monday.
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- <p>Suddenly, things are mighty crowded on the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>’ pitching staff.</p><p>Earlier in the summer, injuries stretched the team’s pitching depth to its limits. But after <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" >Jed Hoyer’s aggressive trade deadline</a> Monday, there are new questions on the North Side, chiefly:</p><p>How are the Cubs going to fit all their new pitching puzzle pieces together?</p><p>Questions, maybe.
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