These annual end-of-season pressers from Jed Hoyer rarely, if ever, offer anything truly insightful. The Chicago Cubs' president of baseball operations has been at this long enough, he knows how to answer questions eloquently without saying much of substance - and, on the heels of the team's disappointing NLDS loss to the rival Milwaukee Brewers - that was once again the case on Wednesday.
"We won 92 games in pretty convincing fashion. We were fifth in baseball in runs scored and seventh in runs allowed. I think if we can continue to do that, we'll be in a good shape to move forward .