The MLB trade deadline turned out to be a major disappointment for the Chicago Cubs.

A Chicago team that was expected to be in the running for any one of the top pitchers on the market ultimately decided not to risk the future of its organization and settled for less impactful additions.

That has now come back to bite the Cubs as their trade deadline acquisitions have not yet panned out how they'd hoped.

The four players Chicago traded for and added to its major league roster were utilityman Willi Castro, starting pitcher Mike Soroka and relievers Andrew Kittredge and Taylor Rogers. None of the four were expected to be game-changing players, but Castro was certainly expected to provide the most of any.

Since being acquired by the Cubs, each of the four have struggled in their own way

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