Jed Hoyer Is Good, Real Good...

[CubsWin]

All front offices are, too some degree, prognosticators. The more accurate they are at predicting future performance, the better they are at getting the right players at the right time and price.

 

To that end, Cubs fans might find the last question of a Q&A between Jed Hoyer and ESPN Cubs beat writer Jesse Rogers of interest released earlier today.

 

"JR: Last thing, I know we’re talking on Sunday but people are going to read this on Monday or Tuesday or later in the week, give me a final score for your beloved Patriots against the Seahawks and we’ll see how it turns out after the fact.

 

JH: With my New England roots I’m going with the Pats and will say they win by four and it will be a great game. This is the matchup that we wanted and expected all season. I think the Patriots win by four. Hopefully I don’t look bad tomorrow morning."

 

Jed nailed it to the number. The Patriots won by 4 in the most unlikely of ways. The Seahawks had driven the ball down to the half yard line with a miraculous catch and a powerful and dominant run by Marshawn Lynch. One more hand-off to Lynch and the Seahawks will likely win the Super Bowl. Cameras showed Tom Brady looking forlorn. It was all but in the books.

 

At that point in time, what would you say was more likely: the Patriots winning that game or the Cubs winning the NL Central this season?

 

Here's to another unlikely result happening this season. Hopefully, Hoyer has made the same bold prediction that his All-Star 1B has. He seems to have a knack for prognostication...

[CubsWin]

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/28632/hoyer-qa-expectations-are-the-fun-part?ex_cid=espnapi_public

[Sammy Sofa]

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/wthbs.gif

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Perfect Super Bowl spread predictions: 1

Teams GM'd to a playoff berth: 0

[UMFan83]

Perfect Super Bowl spread predictions: 1

Teams GM'd to a playoff berth: 0

 

Words said at press conferences: 0

[Guest]

I normally dig your analysis/insight, but this is hot nonsense

[CubsWin]

I normally dig your analysis/insight, but this is hot nonsense

This is neither analysis or insight. Just something fun. There's no assertion made.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

He also won his cousin's NCAA pool in 2013, so you know this guy knows his future sports outcomes!

[CubsWin]

I guess some people missed the intended tongue-in-cheek tone. Sorry about that. Didn't think anyone would ever assume I was seriously putting stock in nailing a Super Bowl prediction. Just thought it was funny that Jed got it on the nose. Here's hoping he gets some more of his prognostications right this season...

[Banedon]

Eh, predicting the margin is cool I guess, but if he'd actually predicted scores, I might be a bit more impressed.

[imb]

yeah that dumbass said it would be 4-0 tho

[jersey cubs fan]

deflated run environment

[PackLandVA]

I just assumed he overheard Theo.