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The general manager is normally the person who hires and fires the coaching staff, including the field manager who acts as the head coach. In baseball, the term manager used without qualification almost always refers to the field manager, not the general manager. Before the 1960s, and in some rare cases since then, a person with the general ...
John Mozeliak (born January 18, 1969) is an American baseball executive who is the president of baseball operations of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Never a professional baseball player, Mozeliak came to the Cardinals as Walt Jocketty 's assistant in 1995 and became the organization's twelfth General Manager after the ...
Bill Schmidt. October 2, 2021. California State University, Long Beach (MBA Azusa Pacific University) None. Jeff Bridich. [7] Detroit Tigers. AL Central. Jeff Greenberg.
Brian McGuire Cashman (born July 3, 1967) is an American baseball executive for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He has served as the general manager and senior vice president of the Yankees since 1998. During Cashman's tenure as general manager, he inherited a core that was built by Stick Michael and Bob Watson and the Yankees ...
Billy Beane. William Lamar Beane III (born March 29, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and current front office executive. He is currently senior advisor to owner John Fisher [1] and minority owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB) and formerly the executive vice president of baseball operations.
Ben Cherington. Benjamin P. Cherington (born July 14, 1974) is an American baseball executive serving as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) since November 2019. [2] He previously served as the vice-president of baseball operations for the Toronto Blue Jays, and was the executive vice president and ...
Major League Baseball managers differ from the head coaches of most other professional sports in that they dress in the same uniform as the players and are assigned a jersey number. The wearing of a matching uniform is frequently practiced at other levels of play, as well. [4] The manager may be called "skipper" or "skip" informally by his players.
A. J. Preller. A. J. Preller (born June 20, 1977) is an American baseball executive who is the president of baseball operations and general manager of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was hired by the Padres on August 5, 2014, while serving as the assistant GM for the Texas Rangers, overseeing the player development and ...