While everyone on the North Side of Chicago and within the Cubs organization des
While everyone on the North Side of Chicago and within the Cubs organization desperately wants to avoid falling into a 3-1 hole with a lo s to the Indians on Saturday, Cubs GM Jed Hoyer has a little extra skin in Game 4 of the World Series.Hoyeris the man responsible for Corey Kluber being on the Indians. MORE: Kluber continued his postseason Antoine Bethea Jersey dominance in Game 1 by pitching six scorele s innings en route to Clevelands 6-0 victory.The ace will be back on the mound for Saturday nights Game 4, and if Game 7 is nece sary, the Cubs can expect to see him then, too. As GM of the Padres in 2010, Hoyer traded Kluber to the Indians as he tried to beef up San Diegos roster for a run at the postseason.It didnt work out the Padres finished second in the NL Saquon Barkley Jersey West and mi sed the playoffs. Two major factors in San Diegos fate that season were Ryan Ludwick, the key piece the Padres got in the three-team deal, underperformed; and the Cubs, ironically, took three of fourgames in a late-September series in San Diego."Obviously, you look back, and its clearly a mistake, and six years later you think, Cody Latimer Jersey 'OK, how did that happen?'"Hoyer said of trading Kluber, per the . "How did this guy that we saw as a potential back-end starter but likely reliever Phil McConkey Jersey turn into a dominant No. 1 starter?"MORE: Hoyer said he felt "as good if not better about that proce s than any proce s Ive ever run or been a part of"(),but it is often difficult to foresee how good a pitcher is going to turn out to be."Pitching kind of comes from everywhere,"Hoyer said. "Most of the dominant pitchers in this series were guys that were traded and developed late."Asanother example, the Cubs Riley Dixon Jersey exec mentioned another Indians pitcher who looms large in this World Series."Andrew Miller this guy was bounced around, traded I think he was put through waivers and now hes like the most-sought-after deadline piece,"Hoyer said. "Hes been the key to their team. All of thats a good le son."