{"id":4863,"date":"2024-11-05T16:42:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863"},"modified":"2024-11-05T16:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T16:42:31","slug":"atlanta-braves-surprisingly-hire-away-former-sf-giants-general-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><\/figure>\n<div class=\"cover\">\n<figure class=\"content-image\"><figcaption><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_4500,h_2531,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_752,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/40\/01jbwhzqyh4yxsnednmf.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland Athletics \u0111\u1ea5u v\u1edbi San Francisco Giants\" \/><br \/>\nOakland Athletics v San Francisco Giants \/ Lachlan Cunningham\/GettyImages<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"main-body\">\n<div class=\"primary-content\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n<div class=\"sticky\">In a bit of a surprise, the Atlanta Braves have added a new face to their front office. Former SF Giants general manager Pete Putila has joined the Braves&#8217; front office as an assistant general manager according to Jorge Castillo of ESPN.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">Castillo notes that Putila will oversee Atlanta&#8217;s international scouting department in his new role. The move marks the end of his two-year tenure with the organization.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">He was originally hired by Farhan Zaidi following the 2022 season. Zaidi sought an executive with a player development background and Putila checked that box, having extensive experience in player development during his time as an assistant general manager of the Houston Astros.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Putila originally joined the Astros organization as a baseball operations intern in 2011. He was elevated to an assistant general manager in 2019. The Astros were going through some turmoil following the sign-stealing scandal at the time and relied on Putila&#8217;s experience to help guide the organization forward.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Joining the Giants organization represented a promotion for the longtime front office executive. Given that he worked on the player development side, it is always tough to discern his impact.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">That said, there were some positive developments for a handful of Giants prospects during his tenure. This list includes Hayden Birdsong, Landen Roupp, and Luis Matos.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Putila also scouted Jung Hoo Lee extensively before the Giants signed him to a six-year, $113 million deal. He will continue to work on international scouting in his new role with the Braves.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Oddly enough, when the Giants let go of Farhan Zaidi, it did sound like Putila would remain with the organization in a different role. However, that did not come to fruition and the Giants replaced him by promoting Zack Minasian to general manager.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">For an organization that remains behind the development curve, it is tough to lose personnel like Putila. While much of his work is behind the scenes, he is well-regarded throughout baseball.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">Plus, the change in general proved to be a sign of Putila&#8217;s appeal on the open market as he landed a new role immediately. And, in an organization that has had plenty of recent success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bit of a surprise, the Atlanta Braves have added a new face to their front office. Former SF Giants general manager Pete Putila has joined the Braves&#8217; fron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a bit of a surprise, the Atlanta Braves have added a new face to their front office. Former SF Giants general manager Pete Putila has joined the Braves&#039; fron\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-05T16:42:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-83.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"XuanTan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"XuanTan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863\",\"name\":\"Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-83.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-05T16:42:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-05T16:42:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-83.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-83.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06\",\"name\":\"XuanTan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"XuanTan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager - NEWS USA","og_description":"In a bit of a surprise, the Atlanta Braves have added a new face to their front office. Former SF Giants general manager Pete Putila has joined the Braves' fron","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2024-11-05T16:42:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-83.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"XuanTan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"XuanTan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863","name":"Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-83.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-05T16:42:31+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-05T16:42:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-83.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thiet-ke-chua-co-ten-83.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4863#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Atlanta Braves surprisingly hire away former SF Giants general manager"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ac862d5ceb335ec8f1e374ed4bdb0c06","name":"XuanTan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f0d0d8858cf9c64fc1f3105c62cff269864cf9a26f88149688bdf4dc953df45?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"XuanTan"},"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4865,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4863\/revisions\/4865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}