Cubs' Trade Moves: Can Kevin Gausman Turn the Season?

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I couldn't have anticipated the Chicago Cubs needing two really good starters considering
all the moves they made in the off-season, Tom, but they've had issues and they've had
injuries with Edward Cabrera and Justin Steele. They acquired Clay Holmes. They also acquired
Kevin Gossman, who goes from Toronto to Chicago and was asked about the differences in the two
cities. Yeah, I mean, it's really fun. You know, obviously playing a team like the Dodgers
brings the best out of everybody, which is good. You know, it's funny, my wife, this is the first
time she's been here, and after the first day she was here, you know, she said it's so different
than Toronto, and I was like, yeah, the focus is baseball. You know, it's real grass, you know,
it's outside, you know, so there's a lot of different things than what we're used to,
but we're excited for all the new experiences. Nice to endear Kevin Gossman to all that money
that he made in Toronto and those Toronto fans who seemingly supported him throughout,
but what are you going to do? I think Gossman will help the Cubs. I thought the Cubs had a
good trade deadline, Tom, and you never know, maybe they get some of those injured starters
back, but I do have my concerns with the Cubs, which are the same every year. I don't know if
they're going to collapse at some point, whether it's in the playoffs, whether it's in the regular
season. Tom, I probably will go into the playoffs thinking that whoever plays the Cubs in the first
round are going to beat the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley. It seems like a, you know, I don't
know why I feel that way, but my trust factor is just not high with this team. For the Cubs,
they're a rollercoaster team. They have been for a lot of the season. When they're hot,
they look great, but when it's bad, they look really bad, and the factors that Wrigley bring
in with the pressure of the crowd, the weather can impact things. When they don't look good,
it's really, really bad, but when they look great, they look like they could beat any team,
as we just saw with the Dodgers this past week.
