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 away? In this episode: The trades that reshaped the Cubs Why depth got the Cubs to October Why impact wins in October The Cubs’ biggest roster strengths and weaknesses Will Jed Hoyer go all in at the 2026 Trade Deadline? The Margin is a Club 1:20 Network series that looks beyond the box score to discover where baseball games are really won—and lost. Subscribe for a new episode every week.   #ChicagoCubs #Cubs #MLBTradeDeadline #JedHoyer #TheMargin #Baseball #MLB #PeteCrowArmstrong #Club120