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Report: Athletics Hiring Brewers Executive Cam Castro as General Manager

Ken Rosenthal reports Castro will become general manager under president of baseball operations Taylor Smith, bringing a pitching-development background from Milwaukee.

The Athletics and Yankees play at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento on May 31, 2026.
The Athletics and Yankees play at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, on May 31, 2026. · Credit: Scott Marshall/AP, via Chron

The Athletics are hiring Milwaukee Brewers executive Cam Castro as general manager, according to a Wednesday report by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal.

Castro would work under newly hired president of baseball operations Taylor Smith, making him the organization’s No. 2 baseball executive, MLB Trade Rumors reported, citing Rosenthal.

Castro joined Milwaukee in 2019 as a minor league pitching coach. He subsequently worked as the organization’s minor league pitching coordinator and director of pitching development before moving into broader player-development leadership.

His most recent Brewers role was senior vice president of player development and performance, a position he reached after the 2024 season. Before joining Milwaukee, he worked at Driveline and served as head baseball coach at Division II Lake Erie College.

The reported appointment brings a pitching-development background to a front office now led by Smith, who previously worked as a Boston Red Sox assistant general manager and as a Tampa Bay Rays analyst. The two executives would lead the Athletics’ baseball operations as the club builds toward its planned move to Las Vegas.

Sources and notes

  1. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/11/athletics-hire-brewers-cam-castro-general-managers.html
  2. https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/as-reportedly-hiring-brewers-vp-of-player-development-performance-cam-castro-to-be-gm-under-taylor-smith-164115423.html