Guardians executive vice president and assistant general manager Matt Forman has interviewed for the Nationals’ GM vacancy, reports Andrew Golden of The Washington Post. It’s not clear when the interview occurred or whether Forman has advanced beyond the initial stage.
Cubs GM Carter Hawkins reportedly interviewed for the position two weeks back. The Nats also reached out to Dodgers executive vice president Josh Byrnes and Diamondbacks AGM Amiel Sawdaye. Over the weekend, Tim Healey of The Boston Globe reported that Red Sox’s assistant GM Paul Toboni was also on Washington’s radar. Whether any of those executives formally interviewed is not known. Barry Svrluga of The Washington Post suggested last week that the Nats hoped to have a new front office leader in place by the end of the season.
Forman, a Northwestern product, entered professional baseball with Cleveland in 2013. Forman started as an amateur scouting intern and had worked his way to assistant general manager within four years. A former staffer at Baseball America, Forman received another promotion in January 2022 when the Guardians added the executive VP role to his title. That essentially places him third on Cleveland’s front office hierarchy behind baseball operations president Chris Antonetti and general manager Mike Chernoff. Sky Andrecheck, Eric Binder and James Harris also hold an AGM title with the Guards.
The Nationals fired former GM Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez in July. Mike DeBartolo has led the front office on an interim basis for the past two months and could also get consideration for the full-time position.
I’m curious to know who is advising the Nats on candidates to consider, since this ownership group doesn’t have the wherewithal to ferret them out on their own.
Good question. The commissioner’s office is my guess.
It won’t take four men to replace Rizzo.
No surprise. Lot of asstiant gms from indians or guardians all over baseball as gms. Also lost alot of ast pitching coaches to padres, yankees and others. One of baseball solid organzations, and this why !
As a fan of this team I can’t tell you how proud I am to be a feeder organization for other professional organizations. Championships aren’t everything!
Please tell me that this comment is sarcasm because that would be like saying you’re happy for your team after letting a superstar walk in free agency
And I sure wasn’t happy at the mariners ownership when a-rod left
as a rams fan i rooted for the brandon staley chargers, and i root for the kevin o’connel vikings. its more similar to that than it is a big star leaving in free agency.
So if you were a Detroit fan would you root for Ben Johnson’s bears?
I could not get more sarcastic if I tried. I’m trying VERY hard.
A very sarcastic remark but you came very close against the cubs. Would prefer the new guy coming from a small market team. Isn’t there anyone working for the brewers available?
Would be fun if teams got a competitive balance pick in the draft from teams poaching front office talent.