CLEVELAND (AP) A person familiar with the decision says Indians president Mark Shapiro is leaving the team to take the same job with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Shapiro, who has been with Cleveland since 1992, will replace Paul Beeston, Toronto’s CEO and president who is retiring. The teams will make the announcement Monday, said the person who spoke Sunday night to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the sides were still working through some details.
CBSSports.com first reported the deal.
Shapiro served as Cleveland’s minor league director and general manager before becoming Cleveland’s president following the 2010 season. Shapiro has twice been named baseball’s executive of the year.
The Indians have operated with one of baseball’s lowest payrolls. That won’t be the case in Toronto as the Blue Jays have pumped money into the roster, hoping to end a postseason drought dating to 1993.
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