Outside of a trade, you are correct. Guys like Boeve, Wilken, Pratt, and Lara are still a year away and there's absolutely no guarantee those guys are going to hit right away. Might be a couple years before they make any kind of an impact.
Made, Pena, Dinges, Payne, and Adamczewski have all been out for extended periods of time due to injuries and for some, multiple times. Never seen anything like it.
Plus, the Cubs look a lot better than they were last year. They're going to win a lot of games this year, as painful as it is to say. Going to be difficult to win the division.
The only thing that could slow the Mudcats down at this point are all of these injuries. Seems like someone is going down every game. Hopefully the injuries are minor and they are just being extra cautious.