The Cubs started playing with the Brewers on Monday for the best record in the National League (62-43). Their +116 run differential is the best in baseball, and Fangraphs Set their chance to make the play -offs at 96.6%. It is not difficult to understand why the Cubs waited to expand Hoyer until it was clear that he had built a strong competition, but it is also not difficult to understand why they did not want to wait longer than to get a deal.
This team is ready to be a big buyer this week, and apparently they did not want to go to such a crucial commercial deadline season with a lame duck director in the driver’s seat. When ESPN’s Jesse Rogers Suppose the cubs came in the season “looking for a reason” to keep Hoyer. The strong performance of the team during the first four months turned out to be that reason.
Hoyer started his Front Office career at the Red SOX in 2002. He served as an assistant director under Epstein of 2005-09 and briefly served as CO-GM when Epstein stepped in the 2005-06 season. After the 2009 season, Hoyer Boston left to become the GM of Padres, a role that he held for two years before he left to take the GM track in Chicago, where he reunited with Epstein.
From 2012-2020, Epstein led the front office of Cubs with Hoyer as his second command. Together they helped the Cubs to win a World Series championship in 2016, their club’s first since 1908. When Epstein dismissal After the 2020 campaign, Hoyer took his place as president of baseball operations. Since then he has bought players like Pete Crow-Armstrong” Michael Busch” Dansby Swanson” Shota Imanaga” Seiya Suzuki And Daniel PalenciaJust like Tucker, Boyd, Kelly, Thielbar and Presly, who all played an important role this season in the success of the team.
Although it is unclear how long Hoyer’s new expansion will keep him in Chicago, he has now had at least a few years to build on the core he has collected. With the Handelsdeadline (Thursday 6 pm Est) that is approaching quickly, it is safe to expect that he will start immediately.
Sahadev Sharma of athletics Was the first to report that Hoyer had signed a multi -year extension with the Cubs.
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