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Cubs REKAP Podcast ⚾️ (S3 - EP36): Cubs budget plans for 2026 & why starting pitching is the 🎯

• David Kaplan & Gordon Wittenmyer • Season 3 • Episode 36

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The #chicagocubs aren’t playing in the deep end of the pool when it comes to free agency and fans and others, including #kap, aren’t happy. #kyletucker is off to greener pastures as the #cubs zero in on starting pitching targets. Kap & Gordon Wittenmyer discuss who those targets are and why they can’t do more in free agency.  We hear from #jedhoyer who spoke at the GM Meetings in #lasvegas as GW challenges him on budget plans for 2026 & more. 

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