Guys like Joe Ryan, MacKenzie Gore, Sandy Alcantara and Edward Cabrera weren’t moved. But the problem is, this was the chance for the Cubs to overpay for a playoff-caliber starter and to gain a leg-up on other contenders.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs’ targeted, incremental moves around the trade deadline did not leave chairman Tom Ricketts disappointed. Roughly 74 hours before Thursday’s 5 p.m. CT deadline, the Cubs announced a contract extension for president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, whose group has built one of the National League’s best teams.