NEWS: Jed Hoyer Agrees to Extension with Cubs

[chibears55]

15 hours ago, Derwood said:

If Theo was making the moves when Hoyer was the GM, and Hoyer is making the moves when Hawkins is the GM, then what exactly does a Cubs' GM do?

Paperwork and tough interviews 🤷‍♂️😅

[Outshined_One]

1 hour ago, gflore34 said:

Was thinking along the same lines, why not go rentals?  Kelly, Soroka, Castro will not cost any of the top prospects and improve the Cubs chances, seems like a win-win to me.

It does, but the fact that none of those guys have been traded and most (not all) trades have involved guys on the periphery tells me that potential sellers are making life miserable for buyers right now.

I'd be more aggravated if we'd seen other teams making a bunch of moves, but that simply hasn't been the case.

[Bertz]

15 hours ago, Derwood said:

If Theo was making the moves when Hoyer was the GM, and Hoyer is making the moves when Hawkins is the GM, then what exactly does a Cubs' GM do?

My understanding is it's 3 things:

1. The GM is a consigliere.  I remember Theo telling a story that during the Arrieta deal Jed basically pounded the table to have Theo ask for Strop too

2. The GM usually has a specialty area they came up from, and might continue to own that area.  So like Hawkins was a player development guy in Cleveland, so I'd imagine most of the coaches and minor league staff have their work flow up to Carter rather than Jed

3. The GM usually owns smaller transactions, especially during busy periods.  For instance at these past winter meetings the Tucker trade and the Carson Kelly signing happened pretty close to each other.  I suspect Jed took the Tucker deal and Carter took the Kelly signing.  Right now it might be Jed owning the SP and bat searches while Carter owns the RP search

 

[cubfansince77]

11 minutes ago, Outshined_One said:

It does, but the fact that none of those guys have been traded and most (not all) trades have involved guys on the periphery tells me that potential sellers are making life miserable for buyers right now.

I'd be more aggravated if we'd seen other teams making a bunch of moves, but that simply hasn't been the case.

I couldn't agree more. Sellers are totally in the driver's seat right now and although I've been critical of Hoyer in the past, I can't complain about him this time around. It's been reported that teams are asking astronomical prices, specifically for starting pitchers who are under control for multiple years. 

Also, I've never been a fan of rentals like Suarez who probably won't re-sign with us next season. WOTS is we won't give up any top prospects for a rental....sure hope not. 

Edited July 29, 2025 by cubfansince77

[squally1313]

I mean, people work at companies where there are multiple people on a team but there is an understood top boss. This isn't an unusual concept. 

[Rcal10]

2 hours ago, squally1313 said:

To clarify, which Urias are we talking about here?

Either. Guess the one in the Orioles would be easier. They will be here on 8/1. Trade for Morton and Urias and they can just come to the home clubhouse. 

[squally1313]

5 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Either. Guess the one in the Orioles would be easier. They will be here on 8/1. Trade for Morton and Urias and they can just come to the home clubhouse. 

sorry, further clarification. When I type in 'Urias' into FG, I see Ramon from Baltimore (who kinda just looks like Jon Berti), Luis (who also kinda just looks like Jon Berti), and Julio, who I saw on here was just reinstated (who I want absolutely no part of, for obvious reasons).

Intention here isn't to get into the debates of the relative merits of the Ramon and Luis Urias' of the world, but more to confirm you weren't talking about Julio. 

[Rcal10]

9 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

sorry, further clarification. When I type in 'Urias' into FG, I see Ramon from Baltimore (who kinda just looks like Jon Berti), Luis (who also kinda just looks like Jon Berti), and Julio, who I saw on here was just reinstated (who I want absolutely no part of, for obvious reasons).

Intention here isn't to get into the debates of the relative merits of the Ramon and Luis Urias' of the world, but more to confirm you weren't talking about Julio. 

I just said Urias because I know a few by that name are available. I was using him as an example of someone not as coveted as Castro. So really any Urias would do. (Exclude Julio). I could have just as easily picked Kiner-Falefo as an example, but wasn’t sure I spelled his name right. Still not sure. Urias was easier to spell. 

[Tryptamine]

On 7/28/2025 at 3:33 PM, Tryptamine said:

Seems weird to extend a guy who has never made the playoffs. Though unlikely, if they somehow bombed and missed the playoffs this year wouldn't that be incredibly awkward that he was just extended.

Well horsefeathers, I might have spoken that into existence.