Orioles hire new GM under Mike Elias as Baltimore tries to get back on track after rebuild stalled

The Orioles have hired Jared Banner, who was most recently working as the Cubs The Baltimore Orioles have fortified their front office under president of baseball operations Mike Elias by hiring Jared Banner to be the club's new general manager, the team announced on Monday. Banner, who had been assistant GM of the Chicago Cubs, will "lead the organization's player development, coaching and performance efforts, while also partnering with Elias on strategy, staffing, and talent acquisition, among other duties," according to the team. "Jared has been one of the rising talents in our league for some time now," Elias said in a statement. "He has demonstrated success running multiple different departments and has worked alongside some of the best people and front office talent in the league across multiple stops.

He is a perfect fit to grow, evolve and improve the Orioles' baseball operations, and I look forward to working with him very closely as we build for 2027 and beyond." Prior to filling that key role in the Cubs' front office, Banner had been the New York Mets' vice president of player personnel, and before that he spent some 11 years in the Boston Red Sox's front office. With the Red Sox, Banner earned World Series rings as a member of the front office for the 2007, 2013, and