“Surrender, surrender, but don’t give yourself away.” – Cheap Trick, Surrender
The Cubs raised the white flag yesterday, and it just wasn’t because they beat the Brewers 3-1. Jed Hoyer signaled his intention to sell at the deadline, and though I don’t think he’ll sell much of anything, he is pushing the goalposts out another year. For those who haven’t tired of Hoyer’s lip service, he did say the expectation is that his team will contend for a playoff berth in 2025.
President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said “unless things change dramatically” in next week he doesn’t anticipate Cubs adding at trade deadline to help ‘24 team instead looking at moves to help in ‘25 and beyond.