PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Colin Rea (6-3, 4.13 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Twins: Chris Paddack (3-7, 4.64 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 68 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs will aim to stop a three-game road skid when they face the Minnesota Twins.

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The Twins have four wins over their past seven games, and it’s been fun. The team's bats have picked up momentum. Needless to say, the Twins are fun to watch again—at least for now.

Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan is being monitored by "a number of teams" leading up to the July 31 MLB trade deadline, according to MLB Network's Jon Morosi.

Former MLB executive Jim Bowden believes that the Chicago Cubs will be "all-in" at this year's trade deadline.

So far this year, the Cubs have emerged as one of the best teams in the National League. This was a franchise that got aggressive in the winter to improve, and a lot of the decisi