As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Cubs are promoting Jared Banner from VP of player development to assistant general manager. Though titles are somewhat fungible in this front office, Banner will presumably take on some of the duties vacated when Craig Breslow left to lead the Red Sox as president of baseball operations. During Banner’s time in his previous role, the Cubs went from a barren farm with nascent developmental infrastructure to one of the most fruitful systems in the game.
Banner joined the Cubs in 2021 as the VP of special projects after serving as the Mets’ farm director for three seasons.