Cubs President Jed Hoyer is not someone we hear from as much as we’d like. Sure, he’s around at CubsCon and will occasionally do shorter media interviews on the radio or at the Winter Meetings or a new player press conference, etc. But rarely does he sit down for an hour like he just did with David Kaplan and Gordon Wittenmyer on The Cubs REKAP Podcast.
So I was very excited to see Kap reel him in again. You can find the full video at the bottom of this post, but I’m going to drop a few of the highlights (with some thoughts of my own) along the way.
If you have some time today, make sure to check this one out. It’s a great chat with the guy who’s orchestrated arguably the most exciting Cubs offseason in … what, ten years? Okay, here we go.
Cubs President Jed Hoyer on the REKAP Podcast
Generally speaking, Jed Hoyer is aware of the fact that the Cubs rate out highly right now according to most external projections and rankings. “On paper, I think we’re a solid team, but we have to figure out different ways we can add to continue to get better.” Hoyer says he’s happy with the team, but implies that you don’t get credit for winning the offseason. He also strongly implied that he wasn’t done adding yet, specifically because he knows you never get through a season as healthy as you might like (he cited Justin Steele last year and Kyle Schwarber in 2016). Given how good the Cubs were at the time, why didn’t Jed Hoyer get “uber-aggressive” at the 2025 MLB Trade deadline? Because there weren’t uber-aggressive moves to be made. A young, controllable starting pitcher would have helped the most, but the prices for those guys were too high (and they didn’t move). No real surprises there, that’s been the refrain for a while. What was news, however, came next. The one thing people ignore too often, according to Jed, is that sometimes you just don’t match up with a team. According to Hoyer, the Cubs actually DID have their eye on some other players, but the return those teams were seeking just didn’t align with the type of prospect talent the Cubs had available. I can understand and appreciate that, but it also serves as a reminder of why it’s still EXTREMELY important to have a bountiful minor league system, even if your big league team is loaded with young, cost-controlled talent. Eh hem …. There’s a really interesting conversation (and answer) about why Jed Hoyer spent a little more than usual on his bullpen this offseason. But even after he wraps up that response, he explains that he STILL prefers to use what money he does have available to sign guys with a lower variance than … in his mind, seemingly every relief pitcher in existence. According to Hoyer, there’s risk in going with the volume approach but there’s also risk in getting that one guy on a three/four-year deal. Much, much more in the actual convo. That’s a good convo. The Cubs did have some “real conversations about expensive” free agent starters (heavily implied with a laugh to be Dylan Cease) that they projected really well. Jed Hoyer explains the process that led up to the Alex Bregman signing. But the more interesting thing is his comp to Dustin Pedroia in terms of winning, effort, hard work, etc. I’m going out of order here, but another REALLY interesting segment of this interview has Jed being surprisngly candid about what other paths were available to them before they sold off the WS core in 2021. He also gets into how things could’ve been different if there had been a DH at the time. Other topics: (1) Jed Hoyer loves the big personality/big-moment hunting of PCA, (2) Seiya Suzuki can handle right field defensively just fine, (3) Matt Shaw can play the outfield and probably will, but he’ll also just be a super-sub, (4) Nico Hoerner isn’t going anywhere (my take on Jed’s comments), (5) Shota Imanaga’s coming season and struggles at the end of 2025, and so much more!This is serious a great interview, and absolutely worth your time. Check it out now!
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