Rogers: Cubs’ success has been a team effort

Justin Verlander helped his team clinch a division title on Sunday, celebrating about 1,100 miles away from Wrigley Field. He was pitching for the Astros, not the Cubs, of course. One of the reasons why he’s pitching for Houston: Theo Epstein wouldn’t send any members of his core group of young Major Leaguers to the Tigers as part of a package to get Verlander.