Front office career
After retiring due to ongoing neck injuries in March 2001, [9] Dipoto worked in the Colorado Rockies' front office as a special assistant to general manager Dan O'Dowd. In 2003,he became a scout for the Boston Red Sox and was part of the organization when they won the 2004 World Series. [10] [11] In 2005,he returned to the Rockies as the head of professional scouting. When Josh Byrnes,whom Dipoto had known since his days as a Rockies player,became the general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks,Dipoto went with Byrnes to Arizona and became the director of scouting and player personnel. [12]
Byrnes was fired on July 1,2010,and Dipoto was named interim general manager. [13] On September 22,Kevin Towers was named the new Diamondbacks' general manager. Dipoto was offered the opportunity to remain with the Diamondbacks. [14]
On October 28,2011,the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim announced Dipoto would be their next general manager,replacing Tony Reagins. [15] Angels' owner Arte Moreno said that "one of the reasons we hired Jerry is that I really liked the way he viewed baseball analytics." However,Dipoto and manager Mike Scioscia disagreed over the use of analytics in baseball decisions, [16] and a rift developed between the two when Dipoto fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher. [17] Despite rumors that the Angels might replace either Dipoto or Scioscia after the 2013 season, [18] Moreno announced that both would return to the Angels for the 2014 season. [19]
Tension between Dipoto and Scioscia continued during the 2015 season over the way Scioscia and his coaches delivered statistical reports developed by Dipoto and the front office to their players. [20] Dipoto resigned from his position on July 1,2015. [21]
On August 12,2015,the Boston Red Sox hired Dipoto in an advisory role. [22] When the Seattle Mariners fired Jack Zduriencik after seven years with the club,they launched a GM search which lasted exactly one month,culminating with the hiring of Dipoto on September 28. [23]
Dipoto started a podcast with Mariners' broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith called The Wheelhouse in 2017. [24] [25]
On September 1,2021,the Mariners promoted Dipoto to president of baseball operations (POBO) and signed him to a multi-year contract extension. [26] He is the longest serving head of baseball operations (general manager or POBO) in franchise history. [27]
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