Well, the Cubs have an enormous four-game series at Wrigley Field against the Cardinals this weekend … and they also have a 3.0-game deficit in the division. Things are tight and (with the way the Brewers have been playing) getting tighter.
It is with that backdrop in mind that I relay to you the thoughts and answers from Cubs GM Jed Hoyer, who jumped on 670 The Score today. I did my best to faithfully paraphrase his quotes in real-time, but we’ll link the full interview as soon as it’s made available later this afternoon. I’s, me’s, we’s, etc. are from Hoyer, with some brackets where helpful to provide context.
"You're always looking at the total body of work and you're looking at what's happenened most recently…and that's everyone. Everyone is evaluated on what most recently happening in the context of a larger career." -Jed Hoyer on if Maddon could do anything to change his future
— Bernstein & McKnight (@Bernstein_McK) September 19, 2019
Over the last 30 days …
Schwarber: .283/.351/.667 (151 wRC+)
Castellanos: .322/.347/.653 (151 wRC+)— Michael Cerami (@Michael_Cerami) September 19, 2019
Jed Hoyer on #Cubs: "The 50-50 games, the one- and two-run games, we've really struggled."
He believes bullpen has gotten too much blame in such games, pointing out baserunning mistakes and not capitalizing on chances earlier in contests being even more costly at times.
— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) September 19, 2019
"When it comes to Jason (McLeod), we saw this as a win-win. (He's) gotten a number of GM opportunites and we felt like the one last thing he could add to his resume was being close to the major league team. For us, it's helpful because it gives us new perspective." -Jed Hoyer
— Bernstein & McKnight (@Bernstein_McK) September 19, 2019
Jed Hoyer says their focus is to have the best scouting and development system in baseball, adding how much they've already invested in getting to that level.
— Bernstein & McKnight (@Bernstein_McK) September 19, 2019
