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The Rundown: Hoyer Provides Deadline Insight, Cubs & Brewers Stay Hot, Cardinals May Be Shifting Toward Fire Sale

Related Topics: Jed Hoyer, Chicago Cubs, Jorge Soler

“When Black Friday comes I’ll collect everything I’m owed. And before my friends find out I’ll be on the road.”Black Friday by Steely Dan

One of my favorite things about Jed Hoyer is his ability to rely on capital analysis pricing models like he’s a CIO setting his quarterly budget. This quarter’s budget has been reserved for the upcoming trade deadline, and Hoyer, ever the archconservative, dropped a new term on us as emphasized below in his typical deadpan fashion.

“I always use the ’21 Braves as the example,” Hoyer said.