Dave Dombrowski to name Boston Red Sox managerial finalist Sam Fuld as Philadelphia Phillies GM (report)
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Outfielder Sam Fuld of the Rays watches play against the Yankees on Aug. 25, 2013 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)Getty Images
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Fuld and Alex Cora were the two finalists for the Boston Red Sox’s managerial opening earlier this offseason. Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom ultimately hired Cora.
According to sources, Phillies will name Sam Fuld general manager. Former big leaguer has been in front office for several years with Phillies. Jim Salisbury (@JSalisburyNBCS) December 22, 2020
December 23, 2020
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about ballpark renaming, follow up on their discussion about managers getting fired for their actions in a single game, discuss how the history of baseball’s sabermetric movement predicts the trajectory and ramifications of analytics use in football and other sports, and reflect on the significance of the Phillies hiring Sam Fuld as their new general manager, what the return of ex-player high-ranking execs may portend for front-office diversity, and Fuld’s lengthy Wikipedia page, then (51:15) talk to Driveline Baseball hitting intern and college baseball player Luisa Gauci about her multi-continent baseball odyssey from Australia to the U.S., her quest to bring data-driven development to women’s baseball, rewriting the scouting scale, why she’s determined to keep playing baseball, her work at Driveline, hitting technology vs. pitching technology, and more.
In an introductory press conference Tuesday that included Dombrowski, the Phillies president of baseball operations confirmed that the biggest name on the free agent market, Phils free agent catcher J.T. Realmuto, is still on their radar. [Realmuto s] agent actually called me yesterday Jeff Berry,” Dombrowski said (h/t NBC Sports Philly). “It really was not a negotiation. It was a welcome to the Phillies organization. I’ve known Jeff Berry for a long time and I talked to him and he welcomed me aboard and we talked about how my family was and we talked about how his family was and we said we would stay in contact. I expressed to him again how much we would love to have J.T. on board and that’s where it really ended at that point.”
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Phillies name Fuld new general manager
Sam Fuld went from interviewing to become Boston s manager to general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. Fuld was promoted to GM on Tuesday, filling the role previously held by Matt Klentak.
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PHILADELPHIA Sam Fuld went from interviewing to become Boston s manager to general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Fuld was promoted to GM on Tuesday, filling the role previously held by Matt Klentak. The team also promoted Jorge Velandia to assistant general manager and Terry Ryan to special assistant to the general manager.
Dave Dombrowski was hired to run baseball operations two weeks ago.