July 18, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, United States; Chicago Cubo’s Baseball Operations President Jed Hoyer is working on the sidelines before a baseball match between the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox in Wrigley Field. Compulsory credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn images Chicago Cubs Baseball Chairman, Jed Hoyer, entered 2025 without contract beyond this season.
But with the Cubs sharing the best record in the National League with the Brewers of Milwaukee entering the game on Monday, Hoyer was rewarded with a multi -year extension announced before the opening of the Cubs series in Milwaukee.
Hoyer was hired by Theo Epstein to be a team managing the team after the 2011 season. After the Cubs won the 2016 World Series and competed in five appearances in the playoffs in a six -year section with the duo at the organization’s top, Hoyer was invited to assume the president of Epstein of the baseball operations when Epstein left after the 2021 season.
Hoyer signed a five -year contract at the time. The details of its extension have not been published.
“I am very grateful to the confidence and support of the Ricketts family for 14 years,” said Hoyer in a statement. “Cubs are a special organization with an incredible fans base. I am delighted to continue to take the momentum we have and to work with an excellent baseball operations staff to regularly offer a team of championship caliber for this big city.”
The Cubs failed to reach the playoffs and displayed a record of 311-337 (.480) during the first four seasons of Hoyer at the helm. But with commercial acquisitions such as the Etoile Championships Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker in mind, the Cubs shaped a record of 62-43 and sat at the top of the national league center most of this season.
The announcement of the extension of the Hoyer contract offers additional stability in the last days before the deadline for negotiation of the major baseball league. If rival managers thought it might need to be more aggressive to keep your job – and demand more offers accordingly – then this negotiation angle has been canceled.
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This makes sense from a stability perspective. You can’t just keep changing leadership every few years and expect to build something sustainable. The Cubs are clearly commited to a long-term vision and Hoyer has shown he can identify talent even if the major league results haven’t been their yet.
Are you kidding me? This is a terrible decision by the front office. Hoyer hasn’t delivered a championship caliber team and now their rewarding him?? What kind of message does this send to the fanbase who’ve been suffering through mediocre seasons. Absolute joke.
Oh wow, an extension. Because clearly what this team needs is MORE of the same brilliant strategy that’s had us finishing third and fourth in the division. I’m sure the fans are just thrilled to sign up for another few years of ‘rebuilding’. Can’t wait!
Breaking News: Local team decides to keep doing the same thing and expecting diferent results. In related news scientists confirm this is literally the definition of insanity lol. At this rate maybe Hoyer will get a statue outside Wrigley for his incredible acheivement of… *checks notes* …being pretty ok at his job sometimes??
For those who dont know, Hoyer has been with the Cubs organization since 2011 and took over as President of Baseball Operations in 2020. Under his leadership the team has focused on rebuilding the farm system and developing young talent rather than big free agent signings. This extension likely runs through 2027 or 2028 based on similar deals around the league.
Everyone saying this is great clearly hasn’t been paying attention. Where are the results?? The farm system is supposedly so good but we’re still finishing under .500. I’d love for someone to explain to me how extending Hoyer makes any sense when we haven’t even made the playoffs in his tenure as president. Show me the winning seasons first, then we can talk about extensions.
Excellent move by ownership!
Finally some good news!! Been waiting for this anouncement all week. Hoyer deserves this extensoin after what he’s done for the organization these past years. Go Cubs!!
Ah yes, nothing screams ‘accountable leadership’ like rewarding someone with an extension when the team hasn’t won anything meaningful. But hey, maybe if we just extend everyone’s contracts long enough, we’ll eventually stumble into success by accident. Genius strategy really.
I actually think this is worse than people realize. Not only are we stuck with the current direction but now Hoyer has even LESS pressure to perform because he’s got job security. Why would he take any risks or make bold moves now?? This basically guarantees more years of being average at best. Thanks ownership for showing us exactly how much you care about winning championships.