| Chris Antonetti | |
| Team: | Cleveland Guardians |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Position: | President of Baseball Operations |
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Chris Antonetti is an American professional baseball executive, currently serving as the president of baseball operations for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Antonetti is a graduate of Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, Connecticut,[2] Georgetown University,[3] and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[4] He worked in the front office of the Montreal Expos in 1998. He has worked for the Cleveland Guardians franchise since 1999.
Before the 2010 season, Executive VP/GM Mark Shapiro announced his promotion to team general manager at season's end, with chairman/CEO Paul Dolan naming Antonetti as Shapiro's successor.[3] The promotion was finalized at the end of the 2010 season. Antonetti was in charge of managing all baseball activities for Cleveland since 2010 including the MLB draft and free agency signings.[5]
On October 6, 2015, the Cleveland franchise announced the promotion of Antonetti to president of baseball operations along with the promotion of assistant general manager Mike Chernoff to general manager. Director of baseball operations Derek Falvey filled Chernoff’s spot as assistant GM.[6]
in 2016, Antonetti led the organization to its first World Series berth since 1997. The Indians lost the series in seven games to the Chicago Cubs. Later that fall, Antonetti was awarded the Baseball America 2016 Major League Executive of the Year Award.[7] Building on the 2016 success, the 2017 Indians won an American League best 102 games - including an American League record 22 wins in a row.[8] Although Cleveland lost in the 2017 American League Division Series to the New York Yankees, Antonetti was award the Sporting News Executive of the Year Award following the season.[9]
In 2022, following the Guardians playing to a record of 92–70, finishing first in the American League Central division, and advancing to the ALDS, Antonetti won both the Sporting News Executive of the Year Award and the MLB Executive of the Year Award.[10] [11]