Peter Bendix | |
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Miami Marlins | |
President of baseball operations | |
Born: August 1985 (age 39) [1] Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | |
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Peter Bendix (born August 1985) is an American professional baseball front office executive. He is the president of baseball operations for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). [2]
Bendix attended Tufts University,graduating in 2008. [3] [4] He took a course on sabermetrics at Tufts and his research project resulted in two offers for internships. [5] He joined the Rays as an intern in 2009. [5]
The Rays promoted Bendix to vice president in 2019, [6] and by 2020 his title was vice president of baseball development. [5] Bendix was named general manager of the Rays on December 16,2021,succeeding Erik Neander,who had been promoted to president of baseball operations. [7]
On November 6,2023,the Miami Marlins hired Bendix to be their president of baseball operations. [8]
Bendix is originally from Cleveland,and lives in St. Petersburg,Florida. [9] As a child,he was a fan of the Cleveland Indians. [10]
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