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Cubs playing waiting game before trade deadline

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President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer doesn’t want to make a decision about what the Cubs will do at the trade deadline any sooner than he must

The decision to be a buyer or a seller at the trade deadline isn’t an easy one, and Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer doesn’t want to make it a second sooner than he has to.

So while speaking with the media before the Cubs’ game Friday against the Red Sox, Hoyer said he was going to be patient — to a point — as the calendar winds toward the deadline Aug.