The Chicago Cubs have quite the conundrum at second base

Chicago Cubs: You only get one shot this year at the deadline

The Cubs will need to make some hard decisions in the coming days, especially with a ‘hard’ deadline of July 31. The waiver deadline is dead and gone, so there are no ‘second chances’ for acquiring help for a pennant run.

We’ve covered some of the in-house solutions in this piece, but I recommend clicking the link near the end of the article, ‘Five trade targets for the Cubs.’ This piece by contributor Alex Patt doesn’t address this topic alone, but another spot of bother–at least for some fans–the leadoff spot.

It’ll be an intriguing July as the deadline approaches if the Cubs are still struggling to get production out of the second base position. Will the Cubs trade from the MLB roster and not just send prospects away?

Epstein had done it before, back in Boston when he sent, to the Cubs, no less, Nomar Garciaparra. It worked out for the Red Sox as they went on to win the World Series. For the Cubs, it did not as they missed out on the Wild Card.