According to MLB Network insider and senior writer at The Athletic Ken Rosenthal, Blue Jays VP of Baseball Operations – and former Red Sox GM – Ben Cherington is a candidate for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Head of Baseball Operations opening.
Neal Huntington was recently fired as GM, with assistant GM Kevan Graves acting as interim GM. Travis Williams, former Chief Operating Officer of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins, has been hired as Team President. Other rumoured candidates include Jays Senior VP of player personnel Tony LaCava, and former Red Sox and Orioles GM Dan Duquette.
Cherington obviously has an interesting resume as Boston GM from 2011-15, including helping to build the Red Sox World Series Champion team in 2013, although he resigned from Boston in August 2015 after Dave Dombroski was hired as VP of baseball operations.