MESA, Ariz. — Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer wouldn’t promise a “significant” addition to the roster when he sat down for a news conference Monday, the first official day of spring-training workouts.
He didn’t rule one out, either.
“Certainly, we’re having a lot of conversations,” Hoyer said. “I’ve done this too long to assume that anything gets across the finish line. So you try to keep a lot of balls in the air. And some of those may be, as you guys would deem, ‘significant.’ Some may not be.”
Outfielder Seiya Suzuki, the Japanese star who has created plenty of free-agency buzz this winter, would qualify as a significant addition.