The word around the Chicago Cubs as the page officially turns to trade deadline week is still similar to what it has been for the last several months.

The Chicago Cubs are likely to add a starting pitcher before the trade deadline, and a reliable two-time All-Star may be the answer

Chicago Cubs All-Star Kyle Tucker has been awful for the past month, raising new concerns about a potential 10-plus year contract in free agency.

The Twins have one of the best closers in the MLB in Jhoan Duran, who has 74 saves over the last three and a half seasons. If the Cubs are willing to trade for Duran, then they will likely have to move on from their No. 1 prospect, Owen Caissie. And Rich Eberwein from Fansided thinks there could be a fit for Caissie in Minnesota.

For all that's gone right for the Cubs so far, Counsell's former team, the Brewers, are still breathing down their necks.

If the Cubs making the World Series in the first place wasn’t enough, the Cubs came back from a 3-1 deficit to win three games in a row. The series was filled with nerve-wracking and exciting moments, all leading up to a crazy, dramatic and climactic winner-takes-all Game 7, ending with the Cubs rallying to win in the top of the tenth inning.

The first World Series was in 1903, and the Cubs played in four of the first seven, winning titles in '07 and '08 and losing in '10. Since 1910, they have been to the World Series in '18, '29, '32 ...

The Chicago Cubs are reportedly targeting the Baltimore Orioles’ two-time World Series champion to stabilize their starting rotation.