Top 10 GM candidates you’ve never heard of

From the Baseball Prospectus’s Will Carroll, the following is a list of the Top 10 General Manager candidates you’ve never heard of. Let’s keep this list handy and refer to it as the search is undertaken to replace Bill Bavasi. That way, if names of propsective candidates interviewed are on this list, we can gauge if Lincoln & Co. are serious about improving the sorry state of this franchise or not.

UPDATE:  Not intending to step on the Baseball Prospectus’ toes, I thought it would be appropriate to post the piece as long as I included the author’s credit.  However, as stated in the comments, it is available only through a subscription service.  As such, I’ve gutted the content of the piece, and for those who are interested in finding more about the following list of executives , you are on your own to find out more information.  Better yet, just subscribe to Baseball Prospectus where you can receive a boatload of inside baseball information.

The Next Ten Top GM Candidates by Will Carroll

1. Jed Hoyer (Assistant GM, Red Sox)

2. Jack Zduriencik (Scouting Director, Brewers)

3. Rick Hahn (Assistant GM, White Sox)

4. Mike Rizzo (Assistant GM/Scouting, Nationals)

5. Tony LaCava (Assistant GM, Blue Jays)

6. Mike Chernoff (Director of Baseball Operations, Indians)

7. John Ricco (Assistant GM, Mets)

8. John Abbamondi (Assistant GM, Cardinals)

9. Thad Levine (Assistant GM, Rangers)

10. Peter Woodfork (Assistant GM, Diamondbacks)

Other Names to Remember: Damon Oppenheimer, Tony Bernazard, Jerry DiPoto, Kim Ng, Dick Tidrow.

Will Carroll is an author of Baseball Prospectus. You can contact Will by clicking here or click here to see Will’s other articles.