Jed Hoyer is the primary mouthpiece for the Cubs front office with GM Carter Hawkins serving as sort of a backup, which is how things worked when Hoyer was more muted in comparison to Theo Epstein. Hawkins was doing all the talking Monday in Nashville, however, because Hoyer hasn’t arrived at the Winter Meetings. Neither is Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins, for that matter.
Hmm, what could these high-level baseball execs be doing that’s more important than the biggest summit of the offseason? Atkins actually did meet with media members Monday afternoon, but the format was shifted from in-person to Zoom at the last minute due to a “scheduling conflict.