(kcroyals) The Kansas City Royals have promoted general manager Dayton Moore to the president of baseball operations and elevated longtime assistant GM J.J. Picollo to general manager.
Royals Chairman and CEO John Sherman made the announcement.
Moore is in his 15th full season with the Royals after being named general manager on May 30, 2006. He led the Royals to back-to-back World Series appearances and won the 2015 World Series, bringing a championship to the franchise for the first time in 30 years.
Picollo will become the seventh general manager in Royals history. He’s in his seventh season in his current role, a position he was promoted to in 2015. He previously served as the Royals’ assistant general manager/scouting and player development, and he joined the Royals front office in 2006 as the director of player development.
Moore and Picollo have worked together for 15 years in Kansas City. Before that, the pair spent time in the Atlanta Braves organization.
