Has the Cleveland Guardians’ Front Office lost a step?
In 2010, Chris Antonetti became general manager for the Cleveland Indians, and in 2015, he became president of baseball operations, with Mike Chernoff becoming the general manager. Since 2010, Cleveland is seventh in all of MLB in regular season wins. Since 2015, they are fourth. Despite being solidly in the bottom ten for team payroll for the majority of that time, the Cleveland Front Office has found a way to assemble teams that win more baseball games than they lose. Part of that can likely be credited to the hiring of Terry Francona in 2013, reported to have pushed for a more collaborative approach in the front office and organization as well as someone who brought credibility and respect due to his winning managerial experience with the Red Sox.