Edgar Frederick “Ned” Yost III (/ ˈ j oʊ s t /; born August 19, 1954) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and Kansas City Royals. He played for the Brewers, Texas Rangers, and Montreal Expos. Since 2025, he has served as a senior advisor to Royals general manager J. J. Picollo.

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Feb 11, 2025 · The Kansas City Royals announced today that Ned Yost is returning to the organization as the Senior Advisor to the General Manager. Yost, the winningest Manager in franchise history, was inducted as the 27th member of the Royals Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony on Sept. 2, 2023.

Feb 13, 2025 · As Kansas City Royals’ special adviser to the GM, new hire Ned Yost says he’ll help KC manager Matt Quatraro during the 2025 MLB season.

Feb 11, 2025 · KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Ned is back! The winningest manager in Kansas City Royals history (746 wins) is returning to the club as senior advisor to general manager J.J. Picollo.

Ned Yost led the Royals for ten seasons and is the franchise’s all-time leader in managerial wins (746 wins). He also led the Royals to a 22-9 postseason record for a .710 winning percentage, which set an all-time MLB mark for managers with at least 20 career postseason games.

Jan 4, 2012 · Ned Yost was born on August 19, 1954, in Eureka, California, the son of Edgar Yost Jr. and Lael (Prindle) Yost. The Yost’s divorced while Ned was in elementary school. Yost’s father played football at Santa Rosa Junior College where he was named a Little All-American. 1 His mother was a homemaker.

Ned Yost, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Thursday, August 19, 1954, in Eureka, California. Yost was 25 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 12, 1980, with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Former big league catcher Ned Yost is best known by most baseball fans as the long-time manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and of the Kansas City Royals, a team he led to victory in the 2015 World Series.