![]() franchises, only 16 still have a baseball operations department led by a general manager, with the rest now directed by people with titles like president of baseball operations or chief baseball officer. But that position - well, that title at least - has been devalued. It’s akin to Fortune 500 companies that employ both a chief executive and a president, and it is largely in recognition of the growing size of baseball operations departments.Īmong the many byproducts of “Moneyball,” both the Michael Lewis book and the film it inspired, has been the lionization of general managers. ![]() While the Rays indicated no plans to find a replacement for the general manager post, the Royals now have a front office structure with two leaders, an increasingly common one across Major League Baseball. ![]()
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