Rays Have Longest-Tenured GM/Manager Duo
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 8:16 pm
With Jim Leyland's retirement, the Tampa Bay Rays now have the longest-tenured manager/general manager combination in Major League Baseball.
The Rays hired Joe Maddon and Andrew Friedman in 2005.
"The continuity we have enjoyed has allowed us the ability to have a much more stable organization in a lot of ways," Friedman said. "Joe and I have a tremendous working relationship that has only strengthened over time. I think that the continuity throughout our organization provides at least a little of a competitive advantage."
Only six GMs have been with their teams longer than Friedman, and only two managers longer than Maddon.