The Dodgers have hired former MLB stars Greg Maddux and Raul Ibanez as special assistants to president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and the club’s baseball operations department, per a team announcement.
Maddux and Ibanez are both highly decorated ballplayers, of course, and also have accumulated a fair bit of experience since their playing days ended. They’ll assist in scouting and player development functions, according to the team’s press release.
The 49-year-old Maddux — a recent Hall of Fame inductee — has worked with both the Cubs and Rangers front offices in recent years, as J.P. Hoornstra of the Los Angeles News Group writes. During the 2013 World Baseball Classic, he was the pitching coach for Team USA.
Ibanez, meanwhile, worked as a television analyst last year after wrapping up his 19-year-career following the 2014 season. The 43-year-old has seen his name come up as a possible field staff candidate, but will instead make his first foray into the front office world with Los Angeles.
The Dodgers will hire everyone until they win the WS!
Why don’t we all apply for a position with the Dodgers. They’ll hire us.
We don’t want bad luck “yankees” exclude… too much bad luck with Don Mattingly.
Right! OF COURSE! The Dodgers higher one of the greatest pitchers of all time so its a given that they’ll higher anyone.
Of course they HIRED him.
No ability to edit after you post will always lead to premature posters remorse. =D
Whew thanks for clearing that up. I was afraid they’d lowered him.
But they’re not former G.M.s! ;)
Breaking news: Dodger hire Ryan Seacrest to announce the starting lineup for home games
That would be awesome!
well the guy that does the pre game show looks like Ryan Seacrest so theres that
Genius. Pure genius.
Chavez Ravine is becoming a training facility for all wanna be GM’s.
Man, do you remember when McCourts owned the team and they were using revenue money for their own personal expenses?
Well they did own the team
I just told my son that before he goes back to school he should apply to the Dodgers. Seem they are hiring
Yeah but can he throw a bag of peanuts?
any organization is lucky to have Ibanez
I’m sure Maddux gave it some thought before accepting this role.
I can’t see him wanting to replace Honeycutt. Don’t see him desiring the demands. He and Smoltz were great pitchers so attempting to extract Greg’s intellect, we can only hope to gain from him.
We shall see.
The Dodgers hire every big name available. Yet it’s done nothing for team chemistry. It has to be organically cultured. You can’t just buy it!