NY Times · Jan 6, 2016
DePodesta, Mets’ Mr. Fix-It, Takes His Tools to the Browns
Photo Paul DePodesta, right, with Mets Manager Terry Collins in 2011. DePodesta, 43, had been viewed as the eventual successor to Sandy Alderson as the team’s general manager. Credit Paul Bereswill/Associated Press In a move that is certain to raise eyebrows in two sports, the Cleveland Browns have hired Paul DePodesta of the Mets as their new chief strategy officer.
DePodesta, a highly regarded player evaluator with the Mets who previously worked for the Cleveland Indians, the Oakland Athletics, the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers, will advise the Browns’ majority owner, Jimmy Haslam, and the team president, Alec Scheiner.
