Why Carter Hawkins’ background in player development — and a 5-hour dinner conversation — made him Jed Hoyer’s choice as the new Chicago Cubs general manager

When Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer began making phone calls this summer as he began the process to find a new general manager, one name kept popping up.

Carter Hawkins’ reputation and the relationships he built during his 14 years in the Cleveland organization quickly landed him on Hoyer’s radar for the position, and that culminated Monday afternoon when the 37-year-old was formally introduced as Cubs GM.

“In a world where this job is constantly evolving, I felt like his intellectual curiosity and his humility really stood out to me as attributes that will allow him to continue and stay at the cutting edge of baseball,” Hoyer said of the