The Cubs will remain focused on Shohei Ohtani until he makes the decision that is keeping all of baseball in suspense, but that doesn’t mean Jed Hoyer and Carter Hawkins are just sitting around waiting. Hawkins addressed the media in Nashville on Monday because Hoyer and manager Craig Counsell had not yet arrived at the Winter Meetings for some mysterious reason. The GM laid out the organization’s basic strategy for building a winner and also talked about what’s happening behind the scenes.
“While there’s not a lot of action in terms of things coming to fruition, there is a lot of action in terms of preparation to be able to make those decisions quickly, should they come across our desk quickly,” Hawkins explained.