Each Major League Baseball Front Office has the same core role as two fronts: creating competitive groups that waste too much money from owners.
As for the main offices that are in what they do, we thought we would rank them.
We have only analyzed what headquarters have done under their current leadership. Even though they are committed to successful franchises, this has naturally pushed back newer and unfinished regimes.
Otherwise, we have weighted the front workstation through elements such as:
We analyzed the full history of each front workplace, but yet we gave more weight to their recent maximum results. Essentially, we seek to limit things to the front workplace that we would decide now if we had to decide on one to manage a franchise.
Let’s go to them.
30. Houston Astros
CEO: James Click since January 2020
After all the good fortune, adding three seasons of 100 wins and a World Series championship in 2017, which they have had under Jeff Luhnow, it’s strange to think so humbly at the Houston Astros headquarters. But after Luhnow was overthrown in the wake of the club’s signal theft scandal, the club had to take a new direction.
With Andrew Friedman and Erik Neander in the Tampa Bay Rays’ headquarters, James Click is expected to be Houston’s new general manager. However, until you do something to make your mark on the organization, you can’t assume it will reflect Luhnow’s success.
29. Boston Red Sox
Director of Baseball: Chaim Bloom since October 2019
After first boarding in August 2015, Dave Dombrowski turned the Boston Red Sox into a giant of 108 wins and winner of the 2018 World Series. But after all sorts of things went south in 2019, he pitched before the end of the season.
Boston’s assets made a smart rent when they pulled Chaim Bloom off the shelves, but they also undermined him with a mandate to reinstate the club’s luxury tax penalties. This led mookie Betts and David Price’s highly ridiculed industry to the Los Angeles Dodgers, which now seems like the first step in a rebuild.
28. Pittsburgh Pirates
Director General: Ben Cherington since November 2019
The Pittsburgh Pirates had a few occasions under Neal Huntington, adding three consecutive playoff series between 2013 and 2015. But as the victories dried up and the team’s club advanced, the Pirates legitimately wiped out Huntington last October.
In Ben Cherington, the Pirates chose a replacement that built the 2013 Red Sox team that won the World Series. Still, it’s his rebuilding skills that will be tested in Pittsburgh, so it may not bode well that his Starling Mars task has brought a disappointing comeback.
27. New York Mets
CEO: Brodie Van Wagenen since October 2018
The New York Mets raised their eyebrows when they hired Brodie Van Wagenen as general manager two years ago, and not in a smart way. Previously, he had been an agent, raising questions about conflicts of interest imaginable.
Van Wagenen hasn’t done much for Mets enthusiasts to enjoy it ever since. Although the extension of Jacob deGrom and the J.D. Davis industry are arguments in his favor, the Robinson Cano/Edwin Diaz industry is one of too many bad decisions. He also failed in his control of the disconnection of Yoenis Céspedes.
26. San Francisco Giants
President of Baseball Operations: Farhan Zaidi since November 2018
When the San Francisco Giants fired general manager Bobby Evans in September 2018, they left the leadership that had built three World Series winners. In hiring Farhan Zaidi, they turned to who had forged a record forged with the Dodgers and Oakland Athletics.
Stealing Mike Yastrzemski from the Baltimore Orioles is Zaidi’s biggest victory since arriving in San Francisco. So far, however, it has moved away from a competitive restructuring of what it inherited, which has led to a decline in the list of primary leagues and an agricultural formula that has only higher at the point of mediocrity.
25th Miami Marlins
President of Baseball Operations: Mike Hill since September 2007
The Miami Marlins have been the worst baseball team since 2008, but only part of that can be attributed to Mike Hill’s leadership. He worked for years under the direction of a reasonable and enigmatic owner in Jeffrey Loria, and without delay in the pace of reconstruction when Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman took over in 2017.
It’s easy to describe Christian Yelich’s industry as Hill’s wonderful failure. Still, he’s recovered smart players for Marcell Ozuna and J.T. Realmuto, and did well to move the maximum of Giancarlo Stanton’s great contract. The Marlins now have a formula of the maximum of five sensitive farms and plenty of payroll space. Assuming Jeter and Sherman are willing to spend more than Loria, such things foreshadow a brilliant long term in Miami.
24. Detroit Tigers
CEO: Al Avila since August 2015
Despite the wall writing that said it was time to rebuild, the Detroit Tigers were still in a win-win way when Al Avila took over as general manager five years ago. After a disappointing turn in 2016, it wasn’t until 2017 that Avila gave the green light to rebuild.
He deserves to have earned more in the exchanges of Justin Verlander, Justin Upton and Nick Castellanos, and in fact deserves to have accepted Alex Bregman or Javier Báez in a deal for Michael Fulmer in 2017. However, Avila built MLB’s Agricultural System No. 6, which is presented remarkably through Picks No. 1 Casey Mize and Spencer Torkelson.
23. Baltimore Orioles
CEO: Mike Elias since November 2018
After a brutal 115-game streak lost in 2018, the Baltimore Orioles have hired Mike Elias to give them a makeover at the Astros. As in, demolish what’s left of the big club and build a new candidate around a core of stars.
As a component of Yastrzemski’s trade, this effort is going well. Thanks in large part to adley Rutschman’s writing in 2019, Baltimore’s agricultural formula has gone from 18th to 11th place under Elias. There have also been advances in the majors, where Hanser Alberto, Rio Ruiz and Renato Nunez are aspiring stars.
22. Philadelphia Phillies
CEO: Matt Klentak since October 2015
The Philadelphia Phillies went to five consecutive series between 2007 and 2011. But by the time Matt Klentak regained his main office, the club had already lost its rebuilding window as it sank into the back of the Eastern National League.
This is where we deserve to give Klentak the credits for building and building around a core of local talent. The challenge is that such a core did not materialize before Klentak forced the trades of Jean Segura and J.T to return to the contest. Realmuto and big contracts for Bryce Harper, Zack Wheeler, Jake Arrieta and Andrew McCutchen. The result is a volatile list that may have Klentak at the peak shortly.
21. Seattle Mariners
CEO: Jerry Dipoto since September 2015
At least things haven’t been boring for the Seattle Mariners since Jerry Dipoto took over his main office. However, their many exchanges have not resulted in normal victories, as the club is below Array500 under his supervision.
On the plus side, Dipoto deserves praise for the second most productive agricultural system in construction baseball. In particular, his most productive shot was getting Jarred Kelenic and Justin Dunn to join the Cano/Diaz exchange. He also wrote and evolved Kyle Lewis, and traded him to another aspiring star, J.P. Crawford. Given the payment area you’ve lost, Dipoto will also be able to laugh at a loose company in the near future.
20. Colorado Rockies
CEO: Jeff Bridich since October 2014
Under jeff Bridich, the Colorado Rockies reached consecutive playoffs for the first time in their history in 2017 and 2018. However, he inherited the stars from them: Nolan Arenado, Trevor Story, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Freeland and Jon Gray. by Dan O’Dowd.
Bridich’s own hits come with extensions for Arenado and Blackmon, as well as an exchange and extension for German Marquez. His disorder caused disastrous madness in the relievers during the 2017–18 offseason, as well as an equally fruitless treatment with Ian Desmond. But especially considering the club’s 3.42 ERA and 6-2 record, the 2020 season is on track to buy Bridich’s tough term in Colorado.
19. Cincinnati Reds
President of Baseball Operations: Dick Williams since November 2015
The Cincinnati Reds missed the chance to rebuild temporarily with Walt Jocketty, leaving Dick Williams to start from scratch before the 2016 season. But that bet the long game, Williams’ maneuvers over the more than two years have been largely designed to force Cincinnati back into contention.
This reflects well in Williams that the 3 aces of the Reds – Sonny Gray, Luis Castillo and Trevor Bauer – were acquired in the exchanges. He is also guilty of nick Senzel’s writing and the signing of Nick Castellanos and Mike Moustakas. Considering the extensions for Gray and Eugenio Suarez, Williams only wants the team’s effects to reflect the elegant paintings in his main office.
18. Toronto Blue Jays
CEO: Ross Atkins since December 2015
Although the Toronto Blue Jays participated in the American League Championship Series in Ross Atkins’ first season in paintings in 2016, the club was built around the same core, namely Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnación, which had been established through Alex Anthopoulos. .
However, it is largely Atkins’ credits that Toronto is about to strike back after embarking on a reconstruction in 2017. He recruited Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio and Nate Pearson and fully oversaw the development of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. By adding Hyun-Jin Ryu, Tanner Roark and Chase Anderson, he also fulfilled his promise to repeat the club’s rotation last winter.
17. Los Angeles Angels
CEO: Billy Eppler since October 2015
Although they won 98 games in 2014 and 85 games in 2015, the Angels of Los Angeles have not yet had a winning season since Billy Eppler replaced Jerry Dipoto. This is partly due to how the organization’s struggle to expand launch skills continued under it.
However, Eppler is guilty of the writing and progression of rookie outfielder Jo Adell, as well as the hiring of Shohei Ohtani as an amateur loose agent. He has also been active in the industry markets (Andrelton Simmons and Dylan Bundy) and Free Agents (Anthony Rendon). If all goes well, those efforts will allow Mike Trout to win one or two World Series before his mega extension runs out.
16. Chicago White Sox
CEO: Rick Hahn since October 2012
Ken Williams is still in the main workplace of the Chicago White Sox, but Rick Hahn was the club’s general manager for about 8 years. The White Sox have not yet had a winning season without getting married under his leadership, and his task as Fernando Tatis Jr. will be a stain on his legacy.
Still, things are getting better for the White Sox now because Hahn has cultivated a rival core through the draft (Tim Anderson), foreign signings (José Abreu and Luis Robert), exchanges (Yoan Moncada, Lucas Giolito and Eloy Jimenez) and loose agent. (Yasmani Grandal, Edwin Encarnación and Dallas Keuchel). Over time, your example may be the de facto ideal of how to rebuild.
15 San Diego Parents
Managing Director: A.J. Preller since August 2014
After arriving on board in 2014, A.J. Preller tried without delay to turn the San Diego Padres into a contender with a low-season career through Justin Upton, Matt Kemp, Wil Myers and Craig Kimbrel. That came out the butt, and he was embarrassed in 2016 by a 30-day suspension by a corrupt industry with the Red Sox.
However, the Parents’ resolve to support Preller is now paying off. In addition to spending a lot of cash on Manny Machado, Eric Hosmer and Drew Pomeranz, he made big profits on deals for Fernando Tatis Jr., Chris Paddack and Trent Grisham. Since Preller has also failed to bring together the talents of baseball’s no.4 agricultural system, the Padres would possibly be on the verge of a good fortune held for the first time in a long time.
14. Arizona Diamondbacks
CEO: Mike Hazen since October 2016
When the Arizona Diamondbacks hired Mike Hazen, they were knocked out five years after their last playoff series and had a 93-game missed streak. He temporarily brought them back to the playoffs in 2017, and followed two more winning seasons in 2018 and 2019.
Hazen has a stellar trade story that includes deals for Ketel Marte, Starling Marte, J.D. Martinez, Eduardo Escobar, Zac Gallen, Luke Weaver and Carson Kelly, as well as a cash saver who sent Zack Greinke to Houston. He also extended K. Marte, Escobar and David Peralta. All he wants now is for his 2020 club to reach its potential, starting with Madison Bumgarner.
13 Atlanta
CEO: Alex Anthopoulos in November 2017
After a brief stint with the Dodgers, Alex Anthopoulos took advantage of the Atlanta rebuild in 2017 and put it back in the playoffs the following year. The club returned in 2019 and is now on track for their third consecutive playoff appearance in 2020.
Anthopoulos has inherited many wonderful players who are now the team’s success. But he won numbers for the expansion of Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies, as well as for the exchanges brought by Mark Melancon, Shane Greene and Adam Duvall. And between Josh Donaldson in 2019 and Marcell Ozuna this year, he builds a representative to win one-year bets on veterans.
12. Minnesota Twins
President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey since November 2016
The Minnesota Twins hired Derek Falvey and general manager Thad Levine as part of a 2016 package. After wasting 103 games that year, the Twins reached the playoffs in 2017 and have since fallen to the most sensible in the Central American League.
Including Miguel Sano, Max Kepler and José Berríos, today’s Twins are built on an established basis through the club’s old front-duty regime. Still, Nelson Cruz’s hiring through Falvey and Levine was a stroke of genius, and Josh Donaldson was only the centerpiece of a busy 2019–20 off-season. Also under his direction, the Twins have become the poster boy of the release angle.
11. Texas Rangers
President of Baseball Operations: Jon Daniels since October 2005
Each time he finishes his time with the Texas Rangers, Jon Daniels will be thrilled by World Series clubs in 2010 and 2011. This basically concerned making wonderful exchanges (Josh Hamilton) and signings (Adrian Beltre) and sometimes creating a winning culture.
However, Daniels’ front workplace has largely not been able to create a new magic for the past decade. It’s great that he wrote and evolved Joey Gallo and signed Mike Minor and Lance Lynn, but fashion Rangers still lack skill in the majors and their agricultural system. If this remains the case for much longer, a replacement in leadership may be inevitable.
President of Baseball Operations: Dayton Moore since May 2006
The Kansas City Royals were out of touch with the playoffs for nearly 30 years, from 1986 to 2013, when a power plant became clear: How do you manage your market with only a limited payroll amount?
Dayton Moore had the answers.
After taking in 2006, he made the club’s agricultural formula the most productive at MLB in 2011. Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Salvador Perez, Danny Duffy, Greg Holland and Kelvin Herrera came out of this. Moore has further strengthened its center with exchanges by Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar, James Shields and Wade Davis.
The Royals also innovated Moore. He adapted them to the demanding situations of Kauffman Stadium through the structure of an elite defense and a complete list of touch batsmen. The three-headed monster of Holland, Davis and Herrera also provided the style for the groups to adhere to the structure of their enclosure.
All this led the Royals to the World Series in 2014, and then to a championship in 2015. And while Moore deserves to be blamed for the club’s Array429 winning percentage since 2016, he has also rebuilt the club’s agricultural system.
President of Baseball Operations: David Stearns since September 2015
David Stearns has left black marks on his record since joining the Milwaukee Brewers five years ago. His business with Khris Davis failed and the first returns of his deal with Trent Grisham are excellent.
But if not anything else, Stearns will have Christian Yelich’s redemption.
All Yelich has done since arriving in Milwaukee in 2018 is to win an MVP while creating an Array320 /.409/.624 bar with 84 home races and 52 stolen bases. He is the number one explanation for why brewers qualified for the National League Championship Series in 18, and used them for much of the other playoffs in 2019.
Stearns was also able to make Yelich bigger in March, adding to a solid record of expenses that comes with flexible agent contracts with Lorenzo Cain, Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas. He didn’t have much time to recruit or expand players, however, his victories in one’s departments come with Keston Hiura and probably with Josh Hader, whose transformation from a dubious rookie to an unemployment reliever might not have taken a position under another leadership.
Consider how Craig Counsell followed a taste of artistic control under Stearns, and there are many reasons why Brewers have earned more than they have lost since 2017.
CEO: Erik Neander since November 2016
Even though they are stuck in the last third place in MLB in payroll terms, the Tampa Bay Rays still have the fifth-best winning percentage in the league since 2008.
The party would possibly have ended after Andrew Friedman left the Rays’ main workplace in 2014. But Erik Neander, one of his protégés, and spent the last three seasons proceeding from the way the Rays generated victories by all means necessary.
Innovation is a component of that, and it is to this extent that Neander and manager Kevin Cash deserve to be congratulated for popularizing “opening.” Since Sergio Romo made his first consecutive start on May 19, 2018, the Rays pitchers have been behind two pens with a 3.60 ERA.
Neander also used the market to equip the Rays with Austin Meadows, Tyler Glasnow, Nick Anderson, Trevor Richards, Hunter Renfroe and Yandy Diaz. He also won an infrequent loose agent win with Charlie Morton’s signing. Meanwhile, super prospect Wander Franco is on the cover of MLB’s number one agricultural system.
Such things how the Rays have won 195 games since 2018 and why they will likely remain competitive in the coming years.
President of Baseball Operations: John Mozeliak since October 2007
This year marks John Mozeliak’s 13th season at the helm of the St. Louis Cardinals. Meanwhile, their clubs have racked up the third-best win in the league.
The pinnacle of that delight in 2011, when the Cardinals won the World Series behind stars Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Chris Carpenter, whom Mozeliak inherited. However, it was Mozeliak’s front workplace that secured Matt Holliday and David Freese for this team.
The Cardinals have played in the playoffs five times as many since. Keeping Adam Wainwright close through contracts helped. The maps have also developed local talents such as Matt Carpenter, Lance Lynn, Carlos Martinez, Michael Wacha, Kolten Wong, Paul DeJong, Dakota Hudson and Jack Flaherty.
More recent buzzes such as changes from Tommy Pham, Luke Voit and Paul Goldschmidt and the signings of Brett Cecil and Dexter Fowler have reduced the brilliance of cardinals under Mozeliak. It’s also a bad look that you take to carry a much-needed attack in the off-season.
Still, last year’s career at NLCS provided him with a smart excuse not to panic. And at the end of the day, his record elevates his leadership above that of other head office leaders.
President of Baseball Operations: Chris Antonetti since October 2010
Chris Antonetti took a few years to create an identity for Cleveland after taking his main workplace in 2010. But since 2013, Cleveland has won more games than any other American League team.
While Antonetti inherited stars Carlos Santana, Jason Kipnis and Michael Brantley, he is guilty of writing Francisco Lindor and Cody Allen, introducing Jose Ramirez and Corey Kluber, and negotiating for Trevor Bauer, Mike Clevinger, Andrew Miller and Yan Gomes.
All of those players were part of the team that earned an elusive World Series name in 2016. Antonetti also appointed Terry Francona to lead this team, and Francona’s voluntary acceptance of frontal analytical research has a lot to do with the team’s success.
More recently, Antonetti has been tasked with maintaining victories even when the property has reduced payroll. This has been so clever so far thanks to the pitchers who evolved from within, namely Shane Bieber, Zach Plesac, Aaron Civale and James Karinchak.
This concerns a broader issue of Antonetti’s leadership: a higher wage bill and maximum profit percentages necessarily go hand in hand.
President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein since October 2011
If you’d asked us four years ago, we’d have called Theo Epstein’s Chicago Cubs Headquarters, the most productive in the majors.
The Cubs needed a reconstruction when he arrived in town in 2011, and handed over the writing to Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber, boarded Javier Baez, traded for Anthony Rizzo, Jake Arrieta, Addison Russell, Kyle Hendricks and Aroldis Chapman and signed Jon Lester. Jason Heyward, Ben Zobrist and John Lackey.
With manager Joe Maddon, those moves paved the way for a 97-win season in 2015, followed by a 103-win crusade in 2016 that resulted in the long-awaited World Series victory. Two more postseason trips followed in 2017 and 2018.
As they emerged from discontent in 2019, the Cubs’ struggle to expand pitching ability and general decline to something resembling indifference was exposed. Still, there is also bad luck, and the Cubs have so far had a remarkable chance in 2020.
Are they Epstein’s paintings on the north side of the past? Probably, however, for now, he still deserves credits for the third-highest percentage of races since 2015.
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Billy Beane since October 1997
Thanks to Moneyball e-book and film versions, it’s no secret how Billy Beane controlled to get consistent victories from the Oakland Athletics despite their low wages.
It is about exploiting the inefficiencies of the market, which at first meant thinking about how to savor the fundamentals and neglect the stolen bases. Of course, it also helped that the Athletics have Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Jason Giambi, Miguel Tejada and Eric Chavez.
The lowest point under Beane’s mandate from 2007 to 2011. But after arriving early in the air ball revolution, the Athletics returned to the playoffs in 2012 and have made four more trips in October since.
Thanks to Matt Chapman, Matt Olson, Marcus Semien and Ramon Laureano, the Athletics have moved to the old school by avoiding defensive adjustments in favor of obsolete smart gloves since 2018. These guys and Khris Davis also have a lot of power. , while Oakland was reinforced through publicity acquisitions such as Mike Fiers, Sean Manaea, Frankie Montas, Liam Hendriks and Jesus Luzardo.
Without a doubt, manager Bob Melvin has done a masterful task of pushing the buttons for the more than 10 years. But without the influence of Beane’s main office, he’d have less to push.
CEO: Mike Rizzo since March 2009
In more than a decade under Mike Rizzo, the Washington Nationals have looked precisely to reinvent the wheel as they play the game.
Their simplest technique: locate smart players and let them play.
This meant the writing and progression of Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper and Anthony Rendon, as well as the signing and immediate promotion of Juan Soto. It also meant spending on free agency, where the club’s victories come with Max Scherzer, Patrick Corbin, Jayson Werth, Daniel Murphy and Howie Kendrick.
Although it is easy to be ashamed of the exchanges of Lucas Giolito and Jesús Luzardo, Rizzo’s front has also marked in many exchanges. The group includes Mike Morse, Wilson Ramos, Gio Gonzalez, Tanner Roark, Doug Fister, Adam Eaton, Sean Doolittle and Trea Turner.
These players and others have driven the Nats to the third best baseball record since 2012, not to mention five spots in the playoffs and a World Series championship. Even if his technique has not been revolutionary, the front job guilty of all this will have to unload its just deserts.
CEO: Brian Cashman since February 1998
How did the New York Yankees win 2,108 games and 4 World Series with Brian Cashman? Well, the simple answer – “It’s money” – has merit.
The Yankees operated on the highest payroll in the league, which for many years was linked to high-priced loose agents Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira, Masahiro Tanaka and Jacoby Ellsbury. More recently, his virtually unlimited budget has allowed an industry for Giancarlo Stanton and the signing of Gerrit Cole.
And yet Cashman called himself up in the 1990s as one of the architects of the New York championship-winning core consisting of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada and Andy Pettitte. In recent seasons, the Yankees have returned to their roots.
They evolved Aaron Judge, Luis Severino, Dellin Betances and Miguel Andujar from the inmate and also switched to Gleyber Torres while he was a prospect. The Yankees have shaken up un announced hitters such as DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Hicks, Luke Voit and Gio Urshela as stars, and their bullpen is baseball’s most productive since 2017.
New York headquarters gets a new gold star for hiring manager Aaron Boone, who has refused to allow even common injuries to block the team’s path to consecutive seasons of 100 wins in 2018 and 2019.
President of Baseball Operations: Andrew Friedman since October 2014
The Los Angeles Dodgers were already a powerhouse when they hired Andrew Friedman, but his job was to roughly change his good fortune from “unsustainable” to “sustainable.”
To be fair to the previous Dodgers regime, Friedman controlled to take over an agricultural formula that already included Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager, Joc Pederson and Julio Urias. However, he brought them all to fame and he also did the same with the first of 2015, Walker Buehler.
Despite occasional complaints that the Dodgers are overprotective of their prospects, exchanges with stars like Yu Darvish, Manny Machado and Mookie Betts reverse this idea. And despite the club’s high salaries, only Betts received a nine-figure contract with Friedman.
He was equally effective in hiring middle-ranking loose agents Justin Turner, Rich Hill and AJ Pollock (and resigned from Kenley Jansen), and also discovered wonderful stars in Max Muncy, Chris Taylor and Hernandez.
All of this is a window into how the Dodgers were the baseball team from 2015 to 2019. Now you can say that they are now the favorites to win this year’s World Series, and they also have strangely blank books and a company formula in the 10 most sensible. In short, Friedman put them in a position to keep winning for a long time.
Statistics through Baseball Reference, FanGraphs and Baseball Savant.