Cubs REKAP Podcast - Cubs REKAP Podcast (Season 1 Episode 4) - Who has impressed in spring training so far?

Cubs REKAP Podcast (Season 1 Episode 4) - Who has impressed in spring training so far?

03/15/23 • 28 min

With the season less than 3 weeks away, David Kaplan & Gordon Wittenmyer discuss the few roster battles that remain at Cubs camp in Mesa. Plus, why they’ve flipped the script from previous podcasts and believe that pitcher Hayden Wesneski has earned a spot in the big league rotation.
The conversation pivots to how the Cubs got here, and by here, a team that had to tear it down again in order to build it back up to a contender. Gordon is adamant that in a market like Chicago and for what the Cubs spend, they should never be in that position. Instead, the pandemic brought on ‘biblical losses.’ Kap debates that the Cubs didn’t have a team good enough to win, hence here we are, the new look Cubs ready to start a new tradition. What follows is a fiery debate with plenty of passion!

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Cubs REKAP Podcast (Season 1 Episode 3) - Will the Cubs regret NOT re-signing Kris Bryant?

On Episode 3, David Kaplan and Gordon Wittemyer discuss the latest at Cubs spring training, including the rotation. Will Kyle Hendricks be back earlier than anticipated after being ahead of schedule in Mesa? Although he will unlikely be ready for Opening Day, what can be expected of the former Game 7 starter if he can return to his old self?
The guys discuss the Cubs lack of ability to lock up their core after 2016, specifically Kris Bryant, who hit a long, towering HR against the Cubs while the guys were recording. Some think KB is due for a monster year. So, in the end, will the Cubs regret not re-signing the 2016 NL MVP? They debate that topic.
And, Mike Clevinger of the White Sox will not face discipline after MLB concluded their review of domestic and child abuse claims. The guys make sense of it, and use a former Cubs case to see if there is anything similar from that case.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Todd Roziak joins #DavidKaplan & Gordon Wittenmyer to discuss why the Milwaukee Brewers are the team in the NL Central that the Cubs should most worry about in 2023! While Kap has been focused on the defending division champions St. Louis Cardinals, Gordon says that the Brewers have a chip on their shoulder, both as a team and within key individuals. Roziak agrees with Gordon with in depth analysis as to why.