The Philadelphia Phillies promoted former MLB outfielder Sam Fuld to general manager on Tuesday.
Fuld, 39, played eight seasons (2007, 2009-15) with four teams before joining Philadelphia’s front office in 2017.
He had been the team’s director of integrative baseball performance, overseeing athletic training, strength and conditioning and nutrition. Prior to that, he was the Phillies’ major league player information coordinator and also worked as an outfield instructor.
Fuld will work under president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, who was hired earlier this month.
Fuld replaces Matt Klentak, who was removed from the position after five years. The Phillies finished 28-32 in 2020 and haven’t been to the postseason since 2011.
The Phillies also promoted Jorge Velandia to assistant general manager and named Terry Ryan as special assistant to the GM.
Velandia, 45, had been a special assistant to the GM with Philadelphia for four years.
Ryan, 67, a longtime general manager with the Minnesota Twins (1994-2007, 2012-16), has been with the Phillies for four years as a special assignment scout.
Fuld batted .227 with 12 homers and 112 RBIs in 598 games with the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland A’s and Minnesota Twins. The Cubs drafted him in the 10th round out of Stanford in 2004.
