MLB Trade Rumors: Top Trade Partners for Starlin Castro and Other Cubs

When August 1 rolls around, there's a good chance the Chicago Cubs are going to look significantly different from the way they look today.

As many expected they would, the Cubbies are having a brutal season. They're 18-32 and fresh off a month of May in which they went 10-17. There are only so many teams around the league right now that have incentive to go into fire sale mode ahead of the July 31 trade deadline, and the Cubs are one of them.

The word around the campfire is that the Cubs are indeed planning on going into fire sale mode. According to Bleacher Report - Chicago Cubs
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