Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer has no regrets about the decision to start Christopher Morel at Triple-A Iowa. But whether Morel needed the brief demotion is debatable. PWSullivan has more.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Cubs players, including Christopher Morel , celebrate after a victory over the Mets on May 23, 2023, at Wrigley Field.
That has made many Cubs fans wonder why in the world Morel didn’t make the opening-day roster in the first place.But Hoyer insisted Tuesday that the plan for Morel worked. Morel wasn’t going to play regularly with the Cubs, Hoyer said, and a .269 on-base percentage and 34% strikeout rate over the second half of his rookie season in 2022 was evidence he needed work.
Cubs designated hitter Christopher Morel is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a solo home run in the seventh inning against the Mets on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Wrigley Field.But you also could look at it and say, “Do the Cubs really know their talent?” The Cubs can argue the short stint at Iowa was the reason Hoerner turned into the player he is today. No one could disprove that. But perhaps if he had been on the Cubs opening-day roster in 2021 instead of David Bote, they would’ve had a better chance of avoiding the losing ways that led to the trade-deadline sell-off.
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