Cubs, already strong, eye getting even better at trade deadline: ‘Hopefully we get everything we want’

ST. LOUIS – While Cubs players lamented the departure of veteran pitcher Jameson Taillon on Monday, they weren’t naive about any supposed blindside. They know this sort of thing can happen in this game, particularly when the stakes are as high as they are for this Cubs team. In the thick of a playoff race and chasing the division-leading Brewers in the NL Central, the Cubs’ championship-level aspirations rest on what happens the next few months. That starts with Jed Hoyer’s front office getting…