MLB insiders expect the Chicago Cubs will target former aces Zac Gallen and Sandy Alcantara at the trade deadline.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lenyn Sosa has a .264 batting average to lead the White Sox, and has 16 doubles, a triple and nine home runs. Chase Meidroth is 14 for 46 with a home run and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

The Chicago Cubs haven't been to the playoffs in a full season since 2018 and that was just one game, as they lost the Wild Card back when it was a one-and-done. They're coming off back-to-back 83-win seasons.

This round of the City Series arrives as the July 31 trade deadline nears. The Cubs are in a position to buy while the White Sox will be looking to sell.

Ian Happ and Matt Shaw homered in the seventh inning, helping Cade Horton and the Chicago Cubs beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1.

Cubs left fielder Ian Happ, who has been battling the Brewers as a division rival longer than anyone on the roster, had a different take on the situation.

Every major-league player has their own unique path. Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon, for example, was the No. 2 overall pick of the MLB draft coming out of high school in The Woodlands, Texas. Reliever

Assad is slated to make a rehab start for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. The right-hander is coming back from a troublesome left oblique injury. “Just trying to get back to my 100 percent,” Assad said Saturday through a translator.