On October 28th, the Pittsburgh Pirates fired general manager Neal Huntington. This ended Huntington’s 12 year tenure as the team’s general manager. After spending a little over two weeks searching, the team now has a new general manager.
According to Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, former Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington has been hired as the new general manager of the Pirates. Prior to being hired by the Pirates, Cherington was working in the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization as their vice president of baseball operations.
Cherington was hired as the Red Sox general manager following the 2011 season.