The Athletic’s Dennis Lin reported on Tuesday that the San Diego Padres are parting ways with farm director Sam Geaney, who oversaw the club’s farm system for seven seasons. Geaney’s contract was up at the end of the season and Preller notified Geaney that it wouldn’t be renewed for 2022. Geaney was the farm director throughout Fernando Tatis Jr.’s time in the minor leagues, so he has that success story to hang his hat on.
“Sam has done a very good job building one of the top farm systems in the game over the last 7 years.