That uncertainty surrounding Hoyer’s future with the Cubs has been eliminated, however. Hoyer and the Cubs agreed to a multiyear contract extension Monday, the team announced.

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.