Jed Hoyer’s season has basically mirrored the team he runs.

A great start that led to accolades and a contract extension from Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts three days before the trade deadline has been followed by a late summer drought that threatens to spoil a dreamlike season.

The Cubs now trail the Milwaukee Brewers by four games after leading them by 6½ on June 18. Hoyer’s lost gamble on Michael Soroka’s health at the trade deadline puts the rotation in another bind.

So the damage is done.

But there’s still time for the Cubs to get back on course, starting Friday in St. Louis, where they open a six-game trip against the Cardinals and red-hot Toronto Blue Jays.

Whether Hoyer will recover from the Soroka mess might depend on whether the Cubs make the postseason. They began

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