The Oakland Athletics have promoted General Manager Billy Beane to the role Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, moving Assistant General Manager David Forst to the set of General Manager, per a club announcement on Monday.
The news has been expected since it was originally reported by the San Francisco Chronicle back on August 5.
Here's owner Lew Wolff's statement on the promotion, via a press release:
"Billy Beane and David Forst have continually proven themselves to be two of the best baseball minds in the game today. The team remains in great hands. We're very fortunate to have not one but two executives of their caliber."
Billy Beane just completed his 18th season as General Manager while David Forst finished his 16th season with Oakland and his 12th as the team's Assistant General Manager.
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