Column: Who is a must trade? Who is untouchable? What to watch for as the Cubs and White Sox begin the 2nd half.
The Cubs and White Sox find themselves in similar positions Friday as the second half begins following the All-Star break.
Both teams are under .500 and a good distance behind the leaders of their respective divisions yet close enough to get back in contention with a prolonged stretch of winning baseball.Both have several talented and proven players who could be traded for prospects by the Aug. 1 deadline if management decides the playoffs are a pipe dream in 2023.
And both teams have less than two weeks before the Bears start training camp and suck up all the oxygen on talk radio and in the media.The Cubs begin the second half at home with a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox, part of a 10-game homestand that could decide their fate at the deadline. Ditto the Sox, who open an equally important nine-game trip in Atlanta, where they’ll face the best team in baseball.
last Friday in his return to Yankee Stadium — eight shutout innings of one-hit ball in a 3-0 win — can turn things around. If not, they’re in trouble.Having the lowest on-base percentage in the majors is bad enough, but manager Pedro Grifol refused to move him from the leadoff spot until recently. Even worse, Anderson looks like he doesn’t want to be here.
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