Skip to player
Skip to main content
Skip to footer
Search
Connect
Watch fullscreen
Like
Comments
Bookmark
Share
Add to Playlist
Report
Jed Hoyer on his Cubs: 'We have a chance to be really good'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
Follow
1/17/2025
Category
🥇
Sports
Transcript
Display full video transcript
00:00
I've had I've had times when I was six months past my contract in my career.
00:04
I've had been in the last year a bunch of times, so it can't affect it.
00:07
I mean, I just say the same thing over and over, which is, you know,
00:11
I'm employed by the Ricketts to to, you know, sign players
00:14
and build a team as best I can.
00:16
Sometimes that's thinking about the future entirely.
00:19
We've we've done at times.
00:20
Sometimes that's blending them.
00:22
Sometimes that's really saying, OK, now is the right time.
00:25
And really, that's what is going to determine that the actions we make
00:28
is like, what is the right thing for this team, this organization?
00:31
I mean, listen, I you know, I've been doing this a long time.
00:35
I've been here 14 years now.
00:38
You know, for me, I'm such a small part of the Cubs and the Cubs ecosystem.
00:44
And like, it's all about the fans and the players.
00:45
And so that's my job is to do the best job I can for this entity.
00:50
And I don't think about my own stuff.
00:53
But at the same time, I think, you know, we're in a really competitive window.
00:56
I think we have a chance to be really good. OK, good.
00:58
Because I was wondering on how urgency would match kind of where you guys are at.
01:03
How do you feel about what the last four years have built up to this point?
01:08
And do you look at it maybe more favorably than I do?
01:12
Or fans would when they see seasons where you guys have come close,
01:17
but have fallen short.
01:19
How do you view that and and try to make positive change
01:24
for the roster and for the team inside of the philosophy
01:28
of what it is that what you guys want to do?
01:30
Well, I think that when, you know,
01:32
even like going back to, you know, taking the job and I was I was here before.
01:35
But like, you know, when Theo stepped away,
01:37
you know, I was aware of the hard decisions we were going to make at the end of COVID.
01:41
I was aware that, you know, this this group of players
01:44
that led us to a ton of success before I was aware that
01:48
we're going to have to trade those guys and that we were going to have to
01:51
kind of start things over.
01:52
And so for me, I look at it and I think the organization's in great position,
01:56
whether it's me or not me.
01:58
I look at it like, you know, we have a really good farm system.
02:00
We have a ton of talent on the team.
02:02
We've got really clean books financially.
02:04
I think we're really we're well positioned.
02:07
That was not going to happen overnight.
02:09
You know, I actually, you know, 20.
Recommended
1:52
|
Up next
Holmes: Jed Hoyer 'loves to kick things down the road'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
7/23/2024
2:16
Bernstein: 'Hoping for overperformance is an unacceptable plan for the Chicago Cubs '
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
10/1/2024
2:12
Cubs are supposed to be the team that sets the market
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
6/18/2024
1:09
Jed Hoyer: 'Anytime you struggle, you soul search'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
7/31/2024
1:25
Jed Hoyer doesn't believe the Cubs can make a significant bullpen addition via trade until mid-to-late June at the earliest
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
5/20/2025
2:18
Bernstein: 'The Cubs are going to finish a star player out of the playoffs'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
9/18/2024
1:49
Haugh: Cubs getting swept by Dodgers 'felt like we were watching 163rd and 164th games of 2024'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
3/19/2025
2:20
Jon Heyman: 'It’s time for the Cubs to spend some of that profit'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
9/26/2024
2:17
Ramie Makhlouf: Cubs should prioritize signing Jed Hoyer to a contract extension
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
5/27/2025
2:03
Haugh: It's 'disappointing' that Cubs haven't been more aggressive to address weaknesses
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
6/25/2024
2:06
Nico Hoerner on Cubs' offensive struggles: 'It's never one thing'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
5/28/2024
4:40
Mully: 'What happened to the Cubs, man?'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
7/1/2024
0:55
Holmes: ‘The Cubs are always seemingly prospect humping’
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
7/2/2024
1:48
Jon Morosi: Cubs are 'stuck between a couple different paths'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
12/10/2024
2:20
Spiegel: Cubs don't yet have the look of a 90-win team
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
1/16/2025
1:33
Jon Morosi: Ryan Pressly was an 'excellent buy low' for Cubs
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
1/30/2025
2:09
Bernstein believes the Cubs could be better than expected in 2025
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
3/3/2025
2:10
Bernstein can't stand Cubs' focus on finding 'value on the margins'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
11/5/2024
2:19
Spiegel: 'I don't think we've been hard enough' on Craig Counsell
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
7/22/2024
2:19
Parkins doesn't envision Cubs making a big move at trade deadline
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
7/15/2024
2:04
Holmes: Cubs are holding an 'entitled point of view' about who they are
Audacy
5/23/2024
1:37
Was Cubs' 9-2 win over Orioles their best victory of the season?
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
7/10/2024
2:00
Score caller: Cubs front office 'continues to shackle itself'
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
6/17/2024
18:03
Struggling Cubs fall to .500 on Memorial Day as offensive woes continue
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
5/28/2024
2:14
Cubs, Wrigley Field to host 2027 MLB All-Star Game
WSCR-AM / 670 The Score
5/22/2025