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MESA , Ariz. – Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer knows he risks boring people by talking about depth and redundancy — again.
“But starting today, that’s what it’s all about,” he said Sunday, the first day of Cubs spring training camp. “How do we try to shore up any areas that we think are weaknesses? How do we try to become as redundant as possible in different areas?”
The news Monday that right-hander Javier Assad and non-roster invitee Brandon Birsell were dealing with injuries drove home Hoyer’s point.