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Hoyer: Cubs not closing door on Fowler return
- Updated: November 30, 2016
Even after sealing a one-year deal with free-agent center fielder Jon Jay, the Cubs are not quite ready to mark the end of the Dexter Fowler era in Chicago.
“Dexter has been such a wonderful member of the Cubs for the last two seasons, and he’s always welcome here,” Cubs GM Jed Hoyer said on Wednesday, a day after signing Jay for $8 million. “Obviously, last offseason we didn’t anticipate him returning, and he did. So we would never close the door on a reunion with Dexter.
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“If the unexpected happens like it did last season, we would love to have him back. But we know how this business works, and that’s not something we can necessarily count on.”
This marks the second straight year that Fowler turned down a qualifying offer from the Cubs to pursue a multiyear contract on the open market. And for the second straight offseason, the Cubs have signed a former Cardinals outfielder in Fowler’s wake.
But since last year’s agreement with Jason Heyward did not end the Fowler era — he re-signed on a one-year contract in Spring Training — Hoyer spoke of the Jay deal in similar terms. For …
