Why Cubs' Failure to Develop Homegrown Pitching Just Got More Important

Between pandemic economics and a deficit of impact pitching prospects at the upper level of the organization, the Cubs' well-documented failure to produce homegrown pitching since general manager Jed Hoyer and team president Theo Epstein took over almost a decade ago is suddenly poised to roost on the big-league team over these next two months perhaps like no other season before.