Cubs leave winter meetings with momentum despite lack of acquisitions

Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer responds to questions during the Major League Baseball winter meetings Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photos)

NASHVILLE – Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer is nostalgic about the days when teams would host each other in their Winter Meetings hotel suites, going through a tried and true protocol to knock out a trade.

“[Now,] you do most of the stuff on the phone,” Hoyer said Wednesday. “But it forces some action. And we definitely leave here with a lot more information about things we think we might be able to accomplish than when we got here.”