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The Margin Ep. 2 | Will Jed Hoyer Go ALL IN? | The Trades That Built the 2026 Cubs

Will Jed Hoyer push his chips into the middle at the 2026 MLB Trade Deadline?

Before we answer that question, we take a step back and examine how the Cubs got here.

From the Yu Darvish trade… to the 2021 teardown… to acquiring Pete Crow-Armstrong, Michael Busch, Kyle Tucker, Edward Cabrera, and more, this episode retraces the blueprint Jed Hoyer used to transform a championship roster into a new contender.

Then we put the current roster through The Audit, introduce a new concept called The October Five, and answer the biggest question facing the Cubs:

Are they one move away… or still a year…

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