Kevin Towers Takes Over As New General Manager Of Diamondbacks

It’s a good bit of news for Arizona, as DiPoto is widely respected throughout the game, and an excellent man for the job. DiPoto can now be crossed out as a possibility to take over as GM elsewhere.

Over at SB Nation Arizona, they’ve got more complete coverage of Wednesday’s press conference, introducing new Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers. Towers offered some of his thoughts on a number of subjects, such as the bullpen:

...and the draft:

Wednesday afternoon, the Diamondbacks held a press conference to introduce Kevin Towers as their new general manager. A few choice quotes:

Towers was perhaps the most visible GM candidate available in the league, and so teams with openings will have to look elsewhere.

The Arizona Diamondbacks offered Kevin Towers an opportunity to become their new general manager, and, according to Yahoo!‘s Tim Brown, it’s a done deal. Towers will make a base salary lower than the $2 million he was making with the Padres, but there are escalators in place that could raise that total, and his is a two-year contract that comes with at least two additional option years.

The team has asked current interim GM Jerry DiPoto to remain on board in some other position, but it remains to be seen what he decides.

There’s no confirmation quite yet, but following rumors that Kevin Towers had become the front-runner to take over as the Diamondbacks’ next general manager, Jim Bowden reports that Arizona is actually prepared to offer Towers the job:

If Towers does take over as the DBacks’ next GM, it remains to be seen whether Jerry DiPoto will remain in the organization in some other role.

Make of this what you will, but after news came out yesterday that the competition for the Diamondbacks’ general manager position is essentially down to Kevin Towers versus Jerry DiPoto, Ed Price has something of an update:

While it’s difficult to say definitively whether the organization would be in better hands with Towers or DiPoto, Towers is the more experienced and widely-respected of the two, and had a largely positive track record with the Padres. He is most definitely a desirable candidate.

Stay tuned to this StoryStream as the story develops. And be sure to check out AZ Snakepit as well.