Cubs agree to contract extension
with president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer
[July 29, 2025]
By ANDREW SELIGMAN
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs locked in president of baseball
operations Jed Hoyer for the long term, agreeing to a multiyear
contract extension on Monday.
The 51-year-old Hoyer's five-year contract was set to expire at the
end of the season — his 14th with the Cubs. He was hired as general
manager in 2011 and replaced Theo Epstein as president of baseball
operations in 2020.
The announcement came hours before Chicago opened an important
three-game series at NL Central rival Milwaukee. Led by All-Stars
Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker, the Cubs were tied with the
Brewers with a league-best 62-43 record.
In a statement, Hoyer said he's “so grateful” for the “trust and
support” of the Ricketts family owners and called the Cubs “a
special organization with an amazing fan base.”
"I’m excited to keep building on the momentum we have and to work
with a terrific baseball operations staff to consistently deliver a
championship-caliber team for this great city,” he said.
Chairman Tom Ricketts praised Hoyer and his staff for building “a
healthy player development organization” and putting “an exciting,
playoff contending team on the field.”
"We are looking forward to the rest of the season and to working
with Jed for years to come,” he added.
Chicago is in position to make the playoffs for the first time since
2020. The Cubs had losing records in 2021 and 2022 before winning 83
games each of the next two seasons. They made a big jump this year
thanks to an offseason trade with Houston for Tucker — who has an
expiring contract — and the emergence of Crow-Armstrong as one of
the game's top players.
“Jed feels young sometimes but his experience in this role and this
job and being a president of baseball operations, he’s done it for a
long time," manager Craig Counsell said in Milwaukee. "He’s not
surprised by anything and he’s usually ahead of everything. That’s a
really comforting feeling as an organization. Secondly, it’s the
human level. Just how you’re treated. He’s treats people really well
and the right way. In a work environment like this, it’s emotional.
There’s emotional conversations. You can have an emotional
conversation and know that you’ll be treated the right way is
something that’s really important.”
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Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer attends an
NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Washington
Commanders, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kamil
Krzaczynski, File)
Hoyer worked in Boston's front office from 2002 to
2009 before serving as San Diego's general manager from 2010 to
2011. He reunited in Chicago with Epstein, his old friend and boss
with the Red Sox, and the two took the Cubs to historic heights.
Led by young sluggers Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo and veteran ace
Jon Lester, Chicago made the playoffs five times in a six-year span
from 2015 to 2020. The 2016 team captured the Cubs' first World
Series championship since 1908, beating Cleveland in seven games.
Chicago reached the NLCS the following year, but has not advanced in
the postseason since that run.
Hoyer dismantled the championship nucleus prior to the 2021 trade
deadline, sending Bryant to San Francisco, Rizzo to the New York
Yankees and Javier Báez to the New York Mets. The Cubs acquired
Crow-Armstrong from the Mets in the Báez deal.
Hoyer also pulled off a tandem of stunning moves prior to last
season, when he fired former manager David Ross and lured Counsell
from Milwaukee with a record five-year contract worth more than $40
million. It was reminiscent of the Cubs firing Rick Renteria
following the 2014 season and replacing him with Joe Maddon.
“He was just very optimistic about the future and where the Cubs
were headed," Counsell said. "He sold that really well and I
believed him and I agreed with him. And he was right.”
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AP freelance writer Rich Rovito in Milwaukee contributed to this
report.
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