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MLB general managers (from left): Brian Cashman (Yankees), Mike Chernoff (Guardians), and Mike Rizzo (Nationals) This is a list of people currently serving in the role of general manager (GM) for the 30 teams of Major League Baseball (MLB).
The New York Mets, who had the first overall selection of the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft, liked Beane's talent and considered choosing him with the first pick. [10] Because many teams believed he would attend Stanford and not sign with a professional team, [ 11 ] Beane fell to the 23rd pick, where he was taken by the Mets, who had two ...
It wasn't until 2010 when the MLB average salary rose above that same mark. [7] [8] Alex Rodriguez signed two record-breaking contracts over the course of his career. First, he signed a $252 million, 10-year contract with the Texas Rangers in December 2000 ($460,125,217 inflation-adjusted from 2000 dollars). [9]
In 1927, former umpire Billy Evans became the first person to hold a general manager title with a major-league team, the Cleveland Indians.. In the first decades of baseball's post-1901 modern era, responsibilities for player acquisition fell upon the club owner and/or president and the field manager. [1]
Dombrowski assumed the general manager's role himself, becoming the first person to serve as both president and GM for the Tigers since Jim Campbell held both titles from 1978 to 1983. [7] In 2003, the Tigers lost a then American League-record 119 games, one fewer than the modern MLB record at the time, set by the 1962 New York Mets.
This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing. Athletes in individual sports , such as golf , tennis , table tennis , boxing , kickboxing , and MMA , are not employed by a team and usually earn money primarily ...
During the MLB general manager meetings in November, Yankees GM Brian Cashman made it known that he wasn't looking to make a managerial change in the offseason following the team's defeat to the ...
Andrew Friedman is an American professional baseball executive. He is currently the president of baseball operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). ). He previously served as the general manager for MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays, where Sporting News named him Executive of the Year in 2