Although there has been no announcement from the team, however, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports that Matt Silverman will step away from his current position as Rays President of Baseball Operations. According to the report, Silverman will share Ray’s team presidency roles with Brian Auld with specific responsibilities and duties still uncertain.
After the departure of Andrew Friedman to the Los Angeles Dodgers three years ago, Silverman took on role as President of Baseball Operations, which essentially was running the day-to-day operations.
For the first two years in this role, Silverman not only hired Kevin Cash to replace Joe Maddon as manager, but he also put his stamp on the team – essentially making it his own as he handled all the trades and major day-to-day operations of the team until making a change after the 2016 season.