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Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer and White Sox general manager Chris Getz engaged in trade talks over the winter, Hoyer said Tuesday, before their teams faced off for the first time this season. And though those conversations didn’t materialize in the form of an offseason deal, Hoyer can empathize with Getz’ position.
“It’s a hard job to take over, to have to make really difficult trades, to have to effectively lose on purpose for a while in order to to get better,” Hoyer said. “But I respect the fact that he’s going right at it.