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Reb

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Re: Cubs in ‘23
« Reply #1665 on: February 02, 2023, 01:05:52 am »
I thought this was a very good interview with Jed Hoyer, including self-reflection about what he learned from the years after the 2016 season.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-show-a-ny-post-baseball-podcast-with-joel/id1623601003

I was kind of puzzled by Hoyer’s comments that maybe Cubs should have been more active right after 2016 season.

Cubs made the major trade for Quintana in July 2017. The mistake wasn’t inaction but rather failing to scout Quintana more accurately as Quintana got off to a disappointing start in 2017 with Sox——and Cubs evidently thought that was an anomaly. It wasn’t.

Seems like with 20-20 hindsight, that’s pretty clear.