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Phillies Hire Bryan Minniti From Diamondbacks; Arizona Hires Jared Porter From Cubs

By Steve Adams | November 8, 2016 at 7:43pm CDT

7:43pm: Minniti had a two-year offer to stay in Arizona, per Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter), but elected to seek a new opportunity elsewhere.

2:13pm: A pair of notable front office changes took place today, as the Phillies announced that they’ve hired D-backs assistant GM Bryan Minniti as a special assistant to general manager Matt Klentak. The Diamondbacks clearly already had a replacement for Minniti lined up, however, as they announced this afternoon that they’ve hired Cubs director of professional scouting Jared Porter and named him senior vice president and assistant general manager.

The moves come as just one in a flurry of promotions and hires for each team. Philadelphia has promoted Jorge Velendia to the same title as Minniti, hired a “Mental Skills” coach and made yet another add to its ever-growing analytics department, as PhillyVoice.com’s Ryan Lawrence explores in greater detail. The D-backs, meanwhile, announced that they’ve promoted director of player personnel Mike Bell to vice president of player development and named former Major League infielder Josh Barfield their new assistant director of pro scouting.

Minniti will bring the Phillies an executive with seven seasons as an assistant general manager under his belt. He comes from an analytical background, having double-majored in mathematics and statistics at the University of Pittsburgh and has been working in front offices since being hired as an intern by the Pirates back in 2001. The 36-year-old worked with the D-backs for the past two seasons and spent the previous five years with the Nationals, working on matters such as statistical analysis, budgeting and contract negotiations, per Arizona’s media guide.

The addition of Porter to the D-backs’ front office, meanwhile, gives the team another big-name executive with Red Sox roots to add to its leadership group. Porter was the Cubs’ scouting director this past season but is quite familiar with newly minted Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen and newly hired assistant GM Amiel Sawdaye from the time the trio spent together with the Red Sox. Porter spent a dozen years working in the Red Sox organization and was the team’s director of pro scouting from 2012-15.

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  1. dbacksrs

    6 years ago

    Cool to see that Barfield is still involved with the game!

    Reply
  2. Ed Charles

    6 years ago

    Phillies will have a good Nerd softball team but remain a mediocre BIG market major league team. They need at least 4 position upgrades going into next year, BOTH corner outfield spots. At least 2 pitchers and still question marks for 3rd base,SS and 1st base. Franco has only proven he’s inconsistent at best

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    • cjelepis

      6 years ago

      It’s a process. Be patient.

      Reply
    • marckahn

      6 years ago

      Look at their minor league teams. Lots of talent. They will not be competitive until 2018 or 2019. They can then fill holes with free agents. Rebuild takes a while.

      Reply
  3. phillyphan3

    6 years ago

    This is not the off-season to be spending big money on free agents. Maybe some trades could happen and like an Ian Desmond type or Michael Saunders but don’t expect big things.

    Reply
  4. DelUnser4ever

    6 years ago

    I like the idea of a Michael Saunders signing to add some stability to the outfield mix.

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