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Several Teams Could Have New GMs In '09

By Cork Gaines [September 8, 2008 at 12:50pm CST]

A few articles today take a look at some GM positions in '09 that will have new faces...

Michael Radano takes a look at who might fill the GM post for the Phillies in '09. Based on the Phillies current success, Radano wonders if they should just promote from within. That would mean one of the team's assistant GMs, Mike Arbuckle and Ruben Amaro Jr. Both Arbuckle and Amaro have interviewed with other teams for open GM positions in the past.
Rick Freeman takes a look at the names most likely to end up as the GM in Seattle (John Hart, Gerry Hunsicker, Kevin Towers, Kim Ng) and the Phillies (Hunsicker, Arbuckle, Amaro Jr) noting that Hunsicker was the leading candidate for the same post three years ago prior to the hiring of Pat Gillick. He also notes that Kevin Towers will not likely be kept from interviewing with other teams this time around and Ned Colletti could be gone if the Dodgers miss the playoffs. Among the GMs that Freeman believes will remain with their current teams are Brian Sabean, Brian Cashman and Theo Epstein, the latter two of whom are in the final year of their respective contracts.
A blogger interviewed Paul DePodesta. The Padres assistant General Manager sounds like somebody that has no interest in becoming a GM for another organization, saying "I think I’ve moved around enough and when you land in a place like San Diego there isn’t much incentive to leave. The reality is that I came here for a number of reasons, both professional (the people who work here) and personal (my wife’s family), so unless those things change I would like to stay here as long as they’ll have me." DePodesta may be waiting for Towers to move to another organization.

Cork Gaines writes for RaysIndex.com and can be reached here.

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I have heard once or twice this earlier this year that Billy Beane may step aside to try his Moneyball skills to build the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team and let assistant GM David Forst take over the rebuilding of the A's. Of course, I probably heard that here. :)

Posted by: LoneStranger | September 08, 2008 at 01:10 PM

yea, you kinda did.

Posted by: yanksown | September 08, 2008 at 02:57 PM

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