The Cubs certainly have the prospect capital needed to make something happen here. While they don't have a top-20 overall prospect, the Baby Bears do have eight of MLB.com's top 100 prospects. If they're willing to flip two of them for Crochet, the Cubs would arguably supplant the Seattle Mariners as the top rotation heading into 2025.
There are better aces out there than Steele/Crochet, but Imanaga as a No. 3 starter, Taillon at No. 4 and Assad as the fifth cog in the machine? That would make them the team to beat in the NL Central if they aren't already.
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