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Pirates are Considering Ben Cherington for Front Office Position

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Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Pittsburgh Pirates are considering Ben Cherington to be their new head of baseball operations.

Cherington worked his way up the Red Sox ladder from 1999 until 2005, going from area scout to director of player development, with numerous jobs in between. He served as a co-general manager for a short time in early 2006, then worked his way up the front office ladder to the general manager job in 2011. Over that 12-year stretch, he had eight different roles in the system. He remained in the GM role through late 2015, helping lead the club to a 2013 World Series title.

In September of 2016, he became the vice president of baseball operations for the Toronto Blue Jays and remains in that role at this time.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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