Phillies Restructure Front Office With Two New AGM Promotions
Dan Aucoin takes over R&D leadership and Luke Murton moves from player development to a new AGM of hitting role, leaving the farm director seat open.
The Phillies elevated Dan Aucoin to AGM of research/information, formalizing his head-of-R&D role after the Nationals hired away predecessor Anirudh Kilambi last offseason. Luke Murton, previously director of player development, becomes AGM of hitting in a newly created position. With Murton vacating the farm director role, the team plans to hire a replacement this offseason. Philadelphia now has five AGM-titled executives under president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski and GM Preston Mattingly.
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