This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/cubs as Forgotten Pitcher Has Turned Into Star Reliever for Cubs This Season. The Chicago Cubs are at the top of the NL Central standings now more than halfway through the season and just a few weeks away from the trade deadline.

The Chicago Cubs are in desperate need of starting pitching, even more after losing Jameson Taillon for the foreseeable future.

The Chicago Cubs say starter Jameson Taillon may miss more than a month with a right calf strain CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs starter Jameson Taillon may miss “more than a month” with a right calf strain, manager Craig Counsell said Friday after the team placed the veteran right-hander on the injured list.

All along, the Chicago Cubs expected to add more pitching by the July 31 trade deadline and reinforce their first-place team for a playoff run. But now that Jameson Taillon is sidelined with a strained right calf muscle,

Matt Shaw's sacrifice fly scores the lone run as the Cubs defeat the Guardians 1-0.

Cubs rookie Matt Shaw was standing by the third-base line, illuminated by the TV camera’s light, spitting out water from the cooler his teammates had just dumped on him. He had delivered the walk-off RBI in the 10th inning of the Cubs’ 1-0 victory Thursday against the Guardians that completed a three-game sweep.

Cade Horton was fantastic for the Chicago Cubs for 7 innings and the bullpen held it down so Matt Shaw could be the hero to walk it off for the Cubs & get the sweep.