There’s always pressure,” said the Cubs president, who has yet to make the postseason while overseeing baseball operations.

The 2024 MLB playoffs began Tuesday, and the Cubs were once again not among the six teams in the National League playoff field. So instead of discussing what he figured would be a potential playoff matchup,

Unless chairman Tom Ricketts puts an extension offer under his president’s nose — and why would he? — Hoyer will have only one year left on his contract to deliver on his “next great Cubs team” promises.