I was asked all year whether I thought Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer was going to be fired at the end of this season if the team didn’t make the postseason, and it just never felt likely to me. The relative newness of the scouting and player development infrastructure, the effectiveness of which takes years to evaluate and last looked quite promising, felt like enough of a cover when combined with the new and expensive manager. These things have a feel to them, and this one didn’t feel like a do-or-die season for Hoyer.

Whether Hoyer SHOULD be fired was, of course, a different question. It’s one about which there are plenty of arguments, though I’d probably wind up on the side that gives him another year. The progress on the farm side, as well as with some key young players, has me wanting to see the group work together another year to see if they have laid some effective tracks.

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