ORLANDO, Fla. -- At the start of each Winter Meetings, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer reminds himself that moves do not need to come to fruition during the annual gathering of baseball’s executives and agents.

“There’s no finish line at the end of this,” Hoyer said this week at the Signia by Hilton Orlando. “A lot of deals happen after this.”

That has been the trend in recent years for the Hoyer-led Cubs. Last winter, Chicago landed star outfielder Kyle Tucker in a trade with the Astros shortly after the Meetings. A year earlier, the Cubs signed Shota Imanaga and re-signed Cody Bellinger after the New Year. Often, the Winter Meetings are where the foundation is set for major moves.

What is more rare is having a day like in 2014, when then-manager Joe Maddon declared

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