Shiraz Rehman named new assistant GM

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Doug Padilla ‏@ESPNChiCubs
Cubs promote Shiraz Rehman as Assistant GM alongside Randy Bush.

 

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More about the dude from Cubs Den's article when he was first hired as a mere assistant to the GM, which is apparently different from assistant GM :shrug:

http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2011/11/cubs-hire-shiraz-rehman-as-an-asst-to-the-gm/

 

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Muskat's blurb:

http://muskat.mlblogs.com/2012/10/04/104-cubs-promote-rehman/

 

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ESPN's blurb, a day late, which is dumb, considering they were the first ones to tweet it :lol:

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/13879/shiraz-rehman-promoted-to-assistant-gm

CHICAGO -- The Cubs have promoted Shiraz Rehman to assistant general manager.

The 34-year-old Rehman joined Chicago last November as assistant to the general manager after spending six seasons in the Arizona Diamondbacks' front office. He also worked under Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer as an intern in the Boston Red Sox's baseball operations department in 2005.

Chicago now has two assistant general managers, with Randy Bush continuing to serve in a role he has held since December 2006. The Cubs announced the move on Thursday.

 

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Curious if Bush time running out

 

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Curious if Bush time running out

It would seem that either he is going to be removed, e.g. Fleita, Listach, Jaramillo, or moved out of his current position to some sort of advisor, e.g. Wilken. This seems to be the plan that the Theo regime has in terms of creating the structure they want. Absorb the knowledge, contacts, and other benefits of the front office personel before getting the guys they want in place.

Rehman seems like a bright guy, and a guy off of the Theo tree since Byrnes brought him to Arizona with him when he was hired as the GM. Seems like a smart move since he is a guy that might have been poached if they didn't promote him.