Cubs general manager Carter Hawkins is no longer in the mix for the Nationals’ top baseball operations position, reports Grant Paulsen of 106.7 FM The Fan. Hawkins is expected to remain in Chicago, where he’ll continue to work as the team’s #2 executive under baseball operations president Jed Hoyer.
Hawkins reportedly interviewed with the Nats a couple weeks ago. He was viewed as one of the top candidates for the position. It now appears he’ll remain in Wrigleyville for a fifth season. Hawkins, a former assistant general manager with Cleveland, was hired as Hoyer’s top lieutenant during the 2021-22 offseason.
Andrew Golden of The Washington Post reported yesterday that the Nats have also interviewed Guardians assistant GM Matt Forman. Dodgers senior vice president Josh Byrnes, D-Backs AGM Amiel Sawdaye, and Red Sox AGM Paul Toboni have all been tied to the vacancy. It’s not clear whom from that trio, if anyone, has formally interviewed. Interim general manager Mike DeBartolo is also expected to get consideration. The Nationals fired former GM Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez in July.
Please someone take him. You’ll be really good in 2032
Hoyer plays the long game in getting the inevitable 162-0 team… that will come in the year 2125
They will put his head in a jar like Richard Nixon in futurama
So a robot Hoyer will arrive that will crush his enemies?
Jokes on him, by then I’ll have dug up Dennis Hopper and turned him into a megazord made recyclables.
The Cubs finished 83-79 in 2023, so not *that* bad, oh, you mean 2032? That’s 7 years away, Brian. Are you alright?
With GMs being called POBOs and assistant GMs being called GMs, it is hard for an outsider to know which apprentices are really talented or not.
i do think that’s the point
Very few or none of them are really talented as I point out all the time. They just have to be better than the 20 gms with little or no talent.
from my grasp of things, sawdaye and then byrnes are the closest to reaching the gm post from a career standpoint. forman is the sleeper candidate whose name hasnt really been called, and hawkins is either content with the #2 post on the north side, or is really only involved in development/minor league operations and teams are hesitant to hand over the everyday big league post to someone like that.
Cushiony job with no real pressure or responsibilities, or dysfunctional team with questions regarding payroll and ownership
Yeah good assistant gms are payed well and have job security. You not only have to double their salary but give them a lot of years.