After eight years at the helm, Walt Jocketty is no longer the general manager of the Cincinnati Reds. The team announced on Wednesday that Dick Williams has been promoted from assisted general manager to general manager. Williams will also serve as the senior vice president of the club.
Jocketty will stay in the organization as the president of baseball operations.
Dick Williams has been promoted to Senior Vice President, General Manager. He will assume those duties immediately…
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) November 4, 2015
…Walt Jocketty will remain the Reds’ President of Baseball Operations and will continue to oversee the department…
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) November 4, 2015
The 44-year-old Williams has actually been with the Reds even longer than Jocketty, joining the front office in 2006, and was specifically picked to be the successor at general manager.