DECEMBER 1: In a surprising turn of events, the Braves have announced that Tinnish has withdrawn from the organization. In statements, both he and Anthopoulos attributed the decision to family considerations. Tinnish will instead remain with the Blue Jays organization.
NOVEMBER 27: The shakeup in the Atlanta front office is continuing, as Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports that the Braves have “parted ways” with assistant GM Adam Fisher and hired Andrew Tinnish away from the Blue Jays as their new vice president of amateur/international scouting (Twitter links). With Fisher’s departure, Perry Minasian will become Atlanta’s new assistant GM and vice president of baseball operations.
Fisher’s departure from the organization comes less than three months after he was hired away from the division-rival Mets by since-departed GM John Coppolella. It seems the primary motivation here was simply to allow Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos a chance to shape his staff. As Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets, Anthopoulos sought to surround himself with familiar faces.
Rather than being pushed into a less substantial role, Fisher will now be allowed to find a new opportunity elsewhere. Clearly, given the timing of his hiring by the Braves, Fisher couldn’t have played a role in the rampant violations that led to Coppolella’s lifetime ban from baseball or Hart’s seemingly forced resignation from the team. According to Rosenthal, the Braves are still the hook for another two years of Fisher’s contract, though that’ll be somewhat offset if he eventually latches on with a new club.
Minasian was himself hired at the same time as Fisher, taking a position as director of player personnel. But he was once an Anthopoulos lieutenant in Toronto, the same organization he left when he came to Atlanta. Minasian will end up with a promotion in rank while continuing the contract he agreed to just a few months back.
In hiring Tinnish, the Braves add will yet another executive with roots in Toronto that date back to Anthopoulos’s time at the helm of that front office. As Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca notes on Twitter, Tinnish had played a key role in the Jays’ international amateur efforts. Before that, his responsibilities were on the domestic side of the amateur market.
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Anybody think Newcomb & Vizzy would entice the Brewers to part with Villar & Broxton ???
Oh man, here we go again! I hope all of this negativity is in the rear view mirror pretty soon my friends. I’ve been loving baseball for decades but there’s been a few fizzle poppers lately for sure.
I think it would entice the brew crew lmao. That’s nowhere near a fair trade.
Can the Braves get any more boring. Let’s move on and find some talented players to go with the up and coming kids
Teams are laying groundwork and doing their due diligence for the offseason right now. This isn’t exclusive behavior by just the Braves, it’s everyone.
Yare, another Braves fan caught in fair weather fronts.
Fair Weather for the offseason with torrents of disappointment splashed in for good measure.
It’s extreme behavior, now they are going to pay another guy 2 more years after working 2 months? Get it together!!!
Can the Braves get any more boring.
I suppose they could take a page out of your book.
Fischer got it up his… stinks for him.
There has been much written that Matt Adams and Jace Peterson could be non-tendered which would save $5.7MM. It appears that Tampa Bay will non-tender Adeiny Hechavarria and Brad Miller for similar reasons. The teams should swap these NT candidates and improve both teams. Tampa needs an upgrade at first base which Adams would provide and Peterson fill their utility role. Brad Miller plays infield and outfield positions and Hechavarria is a capable backup at SS and 2B. Easy no-brainer trade for both teams. TB Rays should throw in a prospect or some cash to make it a level deal.
Know brained for neither. The teams wait until they are non tendered and sign them for 3 mil combined
Jace Peterson would not be an upgrade for the Rays.
Tinnish is a solid executive who knows what he is doing. Sad for the Jays to have lost him. That is big shoes to fill. Only time will tell if the jays can competently replace him.