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The Cubs’ first deal of trade deadline week wasn’t for a player. It was a multi-year contract extension for president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, which the team announced Monday.
Friday morning, after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred officially announced that the 2027 All-Star Game was coming to Wrigley Field, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts addressed Hoyer’s extension and its timing.
“We went into the season thinking about an extension,” Ricketts said. “The team was playing well enough that Jed had really proven that he’d put a good ball club on the field.