Overview
- The Athletics confirmed the hiring of Cam Castro as general manager, a report first published by Ken Rosenthal that was confirmed by the team on Wednesday.
- Castro, 36, arrives from the Milwaukee Brewers where he served as senior vice president of player development and performance and helped shape the club’s pitching program since joining in 2019.
- He will report to Taylor Smith, the team’s new president of baseball operations, completing Smith’s first major front-office hire and establishing a complementary leadership pairing.
- The A’s explicitly framed the move as a fix for long-running pitching problems after they finished 2026 with one of baseball’s worst ERAs, and Castro brings experience from Driveline and Milwaukee’s development system.
- The hire accelerates the A’s organizational overhaul before their final West Sacramento season in 2027 and the franchise’s planned relocation to Las Vegas in 2028, with near-term roster and development decisions likely to follow.