Jed Hoyer details Cubs’ offseason plans after 2025 season ends in playoffs | Marquee Sports Network

What do you think needs to happen in this off seasonason to obviously not only get back to the playoffs but to make a deeper run? Yeah. Well, I think that um you know the first part I think that um you know we won we won 92 games in in in pretty convincing fashion. Um I think we were you know fifth in baseball and run scoring and I think we’re seventh in runs allowed. Um, and so I think if we can continue to do that, I think that we’ll be in good shape to to move forward and get to the the second part of the season. And then obviously, you know, um, like I said, the margins are really close, uh, in the postseason and we just have to continue to strengthen our roster, uh, in in different areas to to to withstand that. But um you know I think that that’s that that’s probably the biggest takeaway um for me was that um you know the the for the bulk of the for the marathon part of the of the season I thought we were a really good team in really good position and um obviously at the end um I think you know with with some injuries and just the nature of the series we played um I think that we you know we pro there’s probably some some depth that we could have used on the on the pitching staff and I think that’s an area that we’ll always continue to to try to focus on. Okay. On that, just knowing how the trade deadline played out, does that underline at all when you’re looking at like Marquee starting pitching and like that type of depth how important it is to get that done in the offseason as opposed to waiting? Yeah. And I think that um it’s honestly it’s the draft. It’s it’s um the off seasonason, it’s thinking about all the different ways to do that because um it is really difficult to do that mid-season now. And I think it’s becoming even more difficult with the new playoff format uh to do that. There’s fewer teams are the teams are kind of closer together. There’s fewer there’s fewer sellers. um there’s more there’s many more teams that in the race that have a chance and then even some teams that weren’t in the race made decisions to to not to not trade. So um I think that’s a fair thing to you know as we think about what’s changed in the game. I do think that that that’s become more difficult and I I do think it puts more emphasis on all other areas of the of the the cycle and how do you just continue to add depth and add add arms. Um, and I think that’s I I don’t think that’s unique to the Cubs. I think when you watch the this postseason and look at, you know, different teams. I think that everyone is is is focused on that because the game has changed. Um, with kind of one team exception, you’re not have a lot of guys going deep in games. You’re using a ton of arms and um the the early rounds of the postseason involve for everyone almost a lot of bullpanning and things like that. So, yeah, it puts a lot more emphasis on on pitching depth than ever before. And it’s something we have to and we I think we we did a good job of that this year in a lot of ways, but I think we have to continue to to push to get better.

Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer shares his thoughts on the team’s 2025 MLB trade deadline moves and what their offseason plan looks like after it lost in the NL Division Series.

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Jed Hoyer details Cubs’ offseason plans after 2025 season ends in playoffs | Marquee Sports Network

14 comments

  2. Why did ricketts give Jed a new long term contract?
    How many years has Jed been with ricketts?
    How many championships has Jed delivered?
    How many World Series has Jed delivered?
    Nothing wrong or dishonorable with Jed taking a Wrigley greeter position, might lead to a better paid position @ Wal Mart…

    Will never forgive ricketts for putting the Cubs broadcasting behind a double pay wall and destroying their nationwide fanbase

  4. The Cubs have the most sickening ownership and front office in all of American sports. Their sole purpose is to sit on top of their gold and horde as much money and prospects as possible while simultaneously ripping off the entire fanbase. This team will never win a World Series again with this clown GM and owner. Fuck you Hoyer. Fuck you Tom. You stole a ring from us in 2025

  6. Please bring another bat like Nico who brings nothing but consistency and please sign or trade for a bonafide Ace of a pitcher to go alongside Shota, Steele, Tailon, and Cade

  11. I have been a suffering Cubs fan for 70 years. Every year it’s the same story. “Wait until next year.”
    I don’t think how many next years I have left. In many ways, 2016 was lucky. They were good but not great. Of course I remember the disappointment of 1969 like it was yesterday. I guess I’ll just have to get until next year.😢

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