| Jed Hoyer | |
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.jpg) Hoyer at the 2015Winter Meetings | |
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| President of Baseball Operations | |
| Born: (1973-12-07)December 7, 1973 (age 51) Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S. | |
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Jed Hoyer (born December 7, 1973) is an American sports executive who is thepresident of baseball operations for theChicago Cubs ofMajor League Baseball (MLB).[1] He has been the general manager of theSan Diego Padres and the assistant general manager of theBoston Red Sox.
Hoyer was born inPlymouth, New Hampshire, and is Jewish.[2][3][4]
Hoyer graduated from theHolderness School inHolderness, New Hampshire, where his mother was the school nurse and his father was the school doctor, in 1992.[5][6] He then went toWesleyan University in Connecticut, majoring in American history, where he was a shortstop and star pitcher who shares Wesleyan's career saves record with Sam Elias and Nick Miceli.[7] During his time at Wesleyan University he was also initiated into and is a brother ofDelta Kappa Epsilon.[8] In 1995, he playedcollegiate summer baseball with theBourne Braves of theCape Cod Baseball League,[9][10][11] and the Waterbury Barons of theNew England Collegiate Baseball League, seeing innings on the mound and at shortstop. Hoyer worked in the admissions office and then the alumni/development office, and was also a baseball coach at the university after graduating. He worked in the admissions department ofKenyon College before joining the Red Sox at 28.[12]
He married Merrill Muckerman in June 2010 in St. Louis.
He joined the Red Sox in 2002, after the ownership ofJohn W. Henry,Tom Werner, andLarry Lucchino took over the team fromJohn Harrington. He worked as assistant to the general manager until December 2005. He then was given the title of assistant general manager. Hoyer briefly served as co-general manager of the Red Sox from December 12, 2005, to January 19, 2006, and then returning to his previous job of assistant general manager. In November 2003, he accompanied general managerTheo Epstein toArizona to persuade pitcherCurt Schilling to accept a trade to the Red Sox, spendingThanksgiving at Schilling's home in what was eventually a successful effort.[12]
When Epstein left his position on October 31, 2005, Hoyer was part of a group of four executives, called the "Gang of Four", that kept the club running in Epstein's absence. Other members of the "gang" wereBen Cherington,Bill Lajoie, andCraig Shipley,[13] a group which completed trades for, among others,Josh Beckett,Mike Lowell,Mark Loretta, andAndy Marte. Shortly after the winter meetings were completed in early December, Hoyer and Cherington were promoted to co-general managers, where they remained until Epstein returned to his original position on January 19, 2006, after a 10-week hiatus.[12] Hoyer was also a key player in decision-making regarding players and their contracts. Beginning in 2008, he became the first "Resident Expert" for the Fenway neighborhood onPovo.com, a local wiki whose platform lets one share their insider's knowledge of Boston.
Following the 2007 season, Hoyer interviewed to become general manager of thePittsburgh Pirates, a job that went toNeal Huntington of theCleveland Indians organization.[14] Similarly, during the 2009 season, Hoyer interviewed to become the GM of theWashington Nationals, who appointed their own assistant GM,Mike Rizzo, to the top spot.[15]
In October 2009 he was hired as theSan Diego Padres' general manager.[16][17] Perhaps his best known deal as GM of the Padres was when he sent 1BAdrián González to the Red Sox in exchange for RHPCasey Kelly, OFReymond Fuentes, utility manEric Patterson, and 1BAnthony Rizzo.
On October 26, 2011, theChicago Cubs announced that Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod had joined the club. Hoyer became the general manager, while McLeod would work in the scouting department.[1] The Cubs announced that compensation for Hoyer would be worked out before theRule 5 Draft.
In September 2016 the Cubs signed him to a five-year contract through 2021.[18] On November 17, 2020, the Cubs named Hoyer president of baseball operations, taking over following Epstein's resignation. He signed another five-year deal in November 2020, running through 2025.[19] On July 29, 2025, Hoyer and the Cubs reached another contract extension.[20]