The New York Yankees have recently made some moves behind the scenes. They hired a pair of front office pieces to assist in advisory positions, with each having a wealth of experience in the field.
The New York Yankees have made a couple of savvy front office hires this week. First, they secured the services of Brian Sabean, the man who built the San Francisco Giants’ teams around Barry Bonds in the late-90s and early-2000s, and then put together the 2010-2014 dynasty that yielded three World Series titles.
The New York Yankees made two major front office hires this week. First, they secured the smarts of former San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean; and then they brought in former Montreal Expos and New York Mets decision-maker Omar Minaya as advisors.
Scouting the AL East; Devers staying in Boston; what Sabean brings to the table; best of the remaining free agents New York Daily News | James O’Connell: Although the Yankees will be playing fewer games against the AL East this year, the first goal of the team is to win the division and avoid the Wild Card round in the postseason.
The successful former San Francisco Giants executive is returning where it all started Tuesday was at least a mildly eventful day for the Yankees, as they announced the appointment of Brian Sabean as an executive advisor to vice president and general manager Brian Cashman.
Brian Sabean is back in the Bronx, and he’s looking for another championship. The 66-year-old rejoined the Yankees organization on Tuesday as an executive advisor to senior vice president and general manager Brian Cashman.
The Yankees add to the front office; New York brings an outfielder in on a minor league contract; Jim Bowden chimes in with what it might take to pry Bryan Reynolds loose from the Pirates MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: The Yankees announced on Tuesday that they’ve hired Brian Sabean, former general manager of the San Francisco Giants.
The New York Yankees are bringing in an executive with plenty of credentials, and he will help the team try to get back to the World Series for the first time in nearly a decade-and-a-half.
The New York Yankees added the architect of a three-time World Series champion to their front office on Tuesday, announcing the hiring of Brian Sabean.
The New York Mets are leading all of MLB this fall as it pertains to having recognizable and proven names linked with the club's president of baseball operations opening without anybody actually accepting the job.
With all the recent smoke surrounding Brian Sabean, the architect who built three World Series championship teams for the Giants, the Mets have their eye on San Francisco's current general manager.
As the offseason soon turns its page to November, the Mets remain with a president of baseball operations. The most recent news on this front emerged when Billy Beane withdrew his name from consideration.
Just when you thought the Mets were going to have to look to an unproven candidate to take over the reigns of their baseball operations department, one long-time executive says not so fast.
Sabean was the general manager of the Giants from 1997 to 2014 and was an integral part of their magnificent run of play in the last decade.
[Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect moves made Wednesday by certain teams to clear up more international spending money.] The sweepstakes to land the services of Shohei Ohtani have been extensive to say the least.
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