MLB: Why has the Assistant General Manager role become so popular in front offices?

There is a lot of ambition in baseball headquarters and yet, for a growing number of executives, remaining in a supporting role is a good place to be, explain reporters Brittany Ghiroli and Eno Sarris of The Athletic.

Either in an assistant general manager role or as a general manager Working under a president of baseball operations, these “first lieutenant” positions tend to involve more job security, increased pay in recent years as teams try to prevent other clubs from stealing employees, and a lot less public pressure than being the head of a baseball operations department. As a former general manager put it:

There’s so much scrutiny that people are like, ‘Fuck it, I’m happy to make a good living and I can be with my kids and go out to dinner without being recognized.'”

On the other hand, if there is relatively less turnover among head office staff, that can also lead to stagnant hiring practices. This makes it more difficult for minority candidates to get opportunities for a prominent front office position, let alone consideration for a PBO or GM job.

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as you observed White Sox Executive Vice President Kenny Williams, teams are increasingly hiring administrative staff who lack baseball-related experience, and yet that same lack of experience is often cited as a reason why women or minority candidates don’t get promoted to positions more important.

Raphael Martinez

I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and all Mexican baseball in general. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterruptedly since 2009), signatures of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, although as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I have baseball in my veins. Degree in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and a reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I arrived at El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and a few days later, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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MLB: Why has the Assistant General Manager role become so popular in front offices?