Jed Hoyer

Lore & Background

Hoyer was born in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and is Jewish. He graduated from the Holderness School in 1992, then attended Wesleyan University, where he was a shortstop and pitcher and a brother of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves and the Waterbury Barons. After graduating, he worked in admissions and alumni/development at Wesleyan and coached baseball there, then worked in admissions at Kenyon College before joining the Red Sox at age 28. He married Merrill Muckerman in June 2010 in St. Louis. He joined the Red Sox in 2002, worked as assistant to the general manager until December 2005, then became assistant general manager. He briefly served as co-general manager of the Red Sox from December 12, 2005, to January 19, 2006, then returned to assistant general manager. In November 2003, he accompanied Theo Epstein to Arizona to persuade Curt Schilling to accept a trade to the Red Sox. When Epstein left in 2005, Hoyer was part of the 'Gang of Four' that kept the club running. He interviewed for GM jobs with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals. In October 2009 he was hired as San Diego Padres general manager. He sent Adrián González to the Red Sox in a notable trade. On October 26, 2011, he joined the Chicago Cubs as general manager. In September 2016 he signed a five-year contract through 2021. On November 17, 2020, he was named Cubs president of baseball operations, signing another five-year deal through 2025. On July 29, 2025, he reached another contract extension.

In Their Own Story

The Coliseum lights hummed their familiar orange glow over a Tuesday night in late September. The scoreboard read 4-3, and the A's leadoff man was stealing second for the third time that game. In the front-office suite above the field, a man in a rumpled blazer watched the replay on a small monitor, nodding slowly. The payroll spreadsheet on his laptop still showed the team in the bottom five in spending. He closed the laptop, poured a second coffee, and muttered, 'That's the game we play.' Outside, a thousand fans in green and gold argued with each other about whether this was genius or a slow drift toward irrelevance. The lights flickered. The season would end the way it had been trending all year. And somewhere in the parking lot, a fan in a faded 2012 jersey drove home in silence, not sure if he was proud or just tired.

Reader's Guide

Jed Hoyer has never worked for the Oakland Athletics. His executive roles have been with the Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres, and Chicago Cubs. He is currently president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs.

Did You Know?

• Hoyer shares Wesleyan University's career saves record with Sam Elias and Nick Miceli.
• He was part of the 'Gang of Four' that ran the Red Sox during Theo Epstein's 10-week hiatus in 2005–2006.
• He spent Thanksgiving 2003 at Curt Schilling's home to help persuade Schilling to accept a trade to the Red Sox.