Overview
- The club announced the promotions on Thursday, August 27, naming Dan Aucoin assistant general manager for research and information and creating new assistant-GM and managerial roles.
- Luke Murton was elevated to the newly created assistant general manager for hitting to lead the Phillies’ minor-league hitting program and the organization will hire a new farm director after this change.
- Ray Robles was promoted to director of minor league and international operations as longtime player-development director Lee McDaniel plans to retire in January 2027.
- Ned Rice will shift to an expanded business-side role while keeping responsibility for contract negotiations, with Edwin Soto and Corinne Landrey absorbing some of Rice’s baseball-operations duties.
- The moves bring the Phillies to five executives with assistant-GM titles as a retention and succession strategy and were announced during a 74–60 playoff chase with the team’s managerial decision expected after the season.