{"id":1974,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1974","headline":"Cardinals promote Rob Cerfolio to general manager","dek":"The 34-year-old moves up from assistant general manager to become the first GM under president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom.","body":"The Cardinals are elevating Rob Cerfolio to general manager, according to reports Friday, handing the 34-year-old the No. 2 job overseeing baseball operations in St. Louis.\n\nCerfolio had been serving as assistant general manager of development and performance. The promotion moves him into the top baseball-ops chair just below president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom, making him the first general manager to work under Bloom since Bloom took over the Cardinals' front office.\n\nA formal announcement from the organization is expected to follow the reports.\n\nThe move signals the Cardinals are continuing to restructure their front office under Bloom, who has been reshaping how the organization is run since arriving. Cerfolio's background in development and performance suggests St. Louis is leaning further into that side of the operation as it looks to climb back into contention. No further details on staffing changes beneath Cerfolio have been announced.","published_at":"2026-11-06T18:06:59.271911+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Cardinals make major decision on future of franchise","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cardinals-major-decision-future-franchise-153114841.html"},{"outlet":"MLB.com","publisher":"MLB.com","title":"Cerfolio to be named Cardinals' new general manager (source)","url":"https://www.mlb.com/news/rob-cerfolio-cardinals-general-manager"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Cardinals promoting Rob Cerfolio to general manager: Sources","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7668719/2026/11/06/cardinals-promote-rob-cerfolio-general-manager/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"St. Louis Cardinals announce team's new general manager","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/st-louis-cardinals-announce-teams-160114057.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"St. Louis Cardinals promote Rob Cerfolio to general manager at 34","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/st-louis-cardinals-promote-rob-170608192.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"St. Louis Cardinals Promote From Within For New General Manager","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/st-louis-cardinals-new-general-manager-rob-cerfolio-youngest-mlb-gms"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"St. Louis Cardinals promote Rob Cerfolio to general manager at 34","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/st-louis-cardinals-promote-rob-212756706.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/11bea774011392c3e6cd951f9b16ef1234d103f0142ca7aa37af382574b3a9e4/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthe_big_lead_articles_114%2F45f6b7a1accea8cf6fb3c8cbcf33d418.jpg","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}