The Chicago Cubs are World Series contenders in the National League, but could use the trade deadline to get a pitching boost.

“Caissie was the prospect mentioned the most by execs — and it wasn’t even close…Five years ago, the Cubs acquired Caissie as one of the prospect headliners in the Yu Darvish trade with the Padres. Now, in all likelihood, they will trade him for pitching at the deadline,” Bowden wrote.

There’s a difference between playoff odds and World Series odds,” Jed Hoyer said. “Just getting in is not necessarily the ticket."