Jed Hoyer
Jed Hoyer
Jed D. Hoyer, is the executive vice-president and general manager of the Chicago Cubs. He has been the general manager of the San Diego Padres and the assistant general manager of the Boston Red Sox. He joined the Red Sox in 2002, after the ownership of John W. Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino took over the team from John Harrington. He worked under the title of assistant to the general manager until December 2005. He then was given the...
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The rumors are that he is here, but we haven't seen him.
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There were a lot of rumors as to what was out there and what wasn't. There was a lot of information throughout the process that turned out to be untrue.
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We got some pieces to fill but we're working hard to do that. I think generally we feel really good about where we are. We've added depth in places where we hadn't had depth. The pitching and defense is very good right now. I think we're adding a couple more pieces on the team. I think if we do that, we'll be in great shape.
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The season isn't going to start for quite a while. There's a lot of teams with openings right now. There's a lot of talk right now. There's a lot more teams talking this time of year than usual.
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We've got some options. We're making a lot of phone calls. We're working towards it. We have a list of guys we're going after. We're going after them hard. We're very confident we'll have a very good center fielder in 2006.
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I think he understands he is a very good pitcher and we need to get fair value for him in the market. If we can do that, we'll move him to a West Coast team. He hasn't been impolite with us. He hasn't been too demanding.
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I think Manny knows that we have made a good faith effort to meet his ... request.
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We've talked to a number of teams and obviously we haven't done a deal that's worked for us.
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We have a lot of confidence in Cora. Tito loves him and he's such a smart player. This guy's had a good on-base percentage several years with the Dodgers.
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More teams have traded for or signed center fielders, so the market is clearer. Our absolute priority is to bring Johnny back.
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We've inquired with teams about other center fielders. We would be irresponsible not to. We're confident that we can work it out and we're going to have a good center fielder.
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We've shown a good-faith effort but we haven't found a deal that makes sense.
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We've added depth in places where we hadn't had depth. The pitching and defense is very good right now.
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We're likely to discuss things with David. We will sit down with David and his representatives, probably later this month or next month. His statements are accurate. But we're not going to comment on the nature of those talks.