The Chicago Cubs’ front-office intrigue is much more interesting than their offseason, writes PWSullivan.
I’m admittedly a sucker for any story that includes the words “internal tensions between the business and baseball sides,” no matter what organization is being discussed.
But when that team is the Chicago Cubs and the authors are two well-respected reporters for The Athletic, I’m even more intrigued.The tension, it appears, was brought into the open after Cubs president of business operations Crane Kenney told WSCR-AM 670 in an interview last week that president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer didn’t spend all of last year’s budget and would have the opportunity to spend the leftover funds this offseason.
“I hope there are transactions that make sense to us this year to spend all the money he has,” Kenney said.This apparently has put more pressure on Hoyer to spend or else look like he’s hoarding all the money Kenney went to such great lengths to give him. And if the Cubs strike out on all four of the top free-agent shortstops this offseason, it will be on Hoyer, not Chairman Tom Ricketts, who is in charge of the showEvery time one of the shortstops signs, the pressure mounts on Hoyer.
The Cubs' Jed Hoyer, left, and Crane Kenney stand on the field during a rain delay before Game 4 of a National League Division Series against the Nationals on Oct. 10, 2017, at Wrigley Field. Dansby Swanson was still there as of Wednesday night, but if he wants a deal similar in length and money to the other three, will the Cubs bite?Kenney, who has an insatiable appetite for attention, had no real reason to go on The Score and talk about the subject, but it never seems to occur to him that it’s not part of his job description. What Hoyer does with the money he’s given is up to him. You may not like it, but it’s his call.
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