Here’s why the Cubs gave Jed Hoyer a contract extension in 2025, one of the biggest front office moves of the season in Chicago.

Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts came into the season thinking about extending president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer's contract. The team's performance convinced him it was the right thing to do.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs’ targeted, incremental moves around the trade deadline did not leave chairman Tom Ricketts disappointed. Roughly 74 hours before Thursday’s 5 p.m. CT deadline, the Cubs announced a contract extension for president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, whose group has built one of the National League’s best teams.