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The Cubs were expected to be sellers but got hot before the deadline. They added Jeimer Candelario rather than subtracting players and are chasing a postseason spot. ....
Jeimer Candelario munched on popcorn in the Nationals’ clubhouse Monday afternoon, the making of it the particular province this season, for some reason, of teammate Michael Chavis. (It was quite good, but…it’s hard to make bad popcorn, right? Chavis did not.) Candelario sat at his locker, talking with Victor Robles, his next-door-mate, looking for all the world like he had no particular place to be, and was in no particular hurry to get where he would be going. Later, he took BP, even though he’d been taken out of the starting lineup.For good reason, as it turned out.The worst-kept secret in MLB came to fruition Monday, when the Nationals dealt Candelario, to the Cubs, for two minor leaguers: shortstop Kevin Made and left-hander DJ Herz. Made is now the Nationals’ No. 16 prospect, according to MLB.com; Herz is No. 17.Before the deal was finalized Monday evening, Candelario acknowledged how weird it was that he was the most certain guy in baseball to be in a different uniform ....