Chicago Cubs Rumors: What areas are still the focus prior to the deadline?

Outfield Help

The list of outfielders that have graced the rumor wire has been long, with guys like Josh Reddick and Charlie Blackmon to even Carlos Gonzalez (More of a pipe dream, but never say never). When the season started, the outfield was so crowded the Cubs had to downsize, trading Chris Coghlan away because there was simply no place for him to play. When Schwarber went down the dynamic of things changed.

Jorge Soler and Jason Heyward struggled out of the gate. Dexter Fowler missed time to injury, and suddenly it seemed the Cubs weren’t as content with the outfield situation as they once thought. Coghlan was brought back, and Albert Almora made his Cubs debut. Soler seemed to be finding his swing before injury once again took him out of the lineup, so when he returns we’ll have to see what happens with him.

The return of Fowler seems to have settled things a bit, and yesterday’s 12-1 against the Mariners saw solid contribution from Coghlan and Heyward. Coghlan is a part-time player and nothing more, but if he can do what he did last season for the Cubs, he’s valuable. Heyward’s defense has been the talk, but that’s because there’s been very little offense to speak of. The Cubs have managed the best record in baseball without his bat, so a turnaround by him could be as good as adding someone at the deadline.

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