Larry Beinfest
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[edit] Biographical Information
Larry Beinfest was General Manager of the Florida Marlins from 2002-2007. During his term as GM, he was forced to trade away all the teams talent in the Marlins second Fire Sale in a decade. After the 2007 season Beinfest moved up the ladder to become the Marlins President of Baseball Operations.
Beinfest worked in the Seattle Mariners front office as Player Development and Scouting assistant from 1991 to 1995 and Director of Player Development from 1996 to 1997. He was assistant GM in 1998 and a special assistant to the GM in 1999. Moving to the Montreal Expos, Beinfest was the assistant GM in 2000-2001 and was interim GM from October 2001 to February 2002, when the entire front office staff was transfered to the Florida Marlins when Expos owner Jeffrey Loria sold his team to Major League Baseball in order to purchase the Marlins.
| Preceded by Dave Dombrowski | Florida Marlins General Manager 2002-2007 | Succeeded by Michael Hill |
[edit] Record as a General Manager
[edit] Draft Picks
1st Round Picks
- 2002: 11th overall OF Jeremy Hermida - Wheeler High School
- 2003: 16th overall P Jeffrey Allison - Veterans Memorial High School
- 2004: 27th overall P Taylor Tankersley - University of Alabama
- 2005: 16th overall P Chris Volstad - Palm Beach Gardens High School
- 2005: 22nd overall P Aaron Thompson - Second Baptist High School
- 2005: 29th overall OF Jacob Marceaux - McNeese State University
- 2005: 34th overall P Ryan Tucker - Temple City High School
- 2005: 44th overall P Sean West - Captain Shreve High School
- 2006: 19th overall P Brett Sinkbeil - Missouri State University
- 2006: 36th overall 3B Chris Coghlan - University of Mississippi
- 2007: 12th overall 3B Matt Dominguez - Chatsworth High School
Other Notable Selections
- 2002: 4th round (113th overall) P Josh Johnson - Jenks High School
- 2002: 6th round (173rd overall) P Scott Olsen - Crystal Lake South High School
[edit] Significiant Trades
- March 27, 2002 traded Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement to the Chicago Cubs for Julian Tavarez, Dontrelle Willis, Ryan Jorgensen and Jose Cueto
- July 11, 2002 traded Ryan Dempster to the Cincinnati Reds for Wilton Guerrero, Juan Encarnacion and Ryan Snare
- July 11, 2002 traded Cliff Floyd, Wilton Guerrero andClaudio Vargas to the Montreal Expos for Carl Pavano, Graeme Lloyd, Mike Mordecai, Justin Wayne and Donald Levinski
- November 16, 2002 traded Charles Johnson, Preston Wilson, Vic Darensbourg and Pablo Ozuna to the Colorado Rockies for Mike Hampton and Juan Pierre
- November 18, 2002 traded Mike Hampton to the Atlanta Braves for Tim Spooneybarger and Ryan Baker
- January 11, 2003 traded Gary Knotts, Nate Robertson and Rob Henkel to the Detroit Tigers for Mark Redman and Jerrod Fuell
- July 11, 2003 traded Adrian Gonzalez, Ryan Snare and Will Smith to the Texas Rangers for Ugueth Urbina
- November 25, 2003 traded Derrek Lee to the Chicago Cubs for Hee Seop Choi and Mike Nannini
- July 30, 2004 traded Hee Seop Choi, Brad Penny and Bill Murphy to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Paul LoDuca, Guillermo Mota and Juan Encarnacion
- November 24, 2005 traded Carlos Delgado to the New York Mets for Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit and Grant Psomas
- November 24, 2005 traded Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell and Guillermo Mota to the Boston Red Sox for Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez, Harvey Garcia and Jesus Delgado
- December 2, 2005 traded Luis Castillo to the Minnesota Twins for Travis Bowyer and Scott Tyler
- December 5, 2005 traded Paul LoDuca to the New York Mets for Gaby Hernandez and Dante Brinkley
- December 7, 2005 traded Juan Pierre to the Chicago Cubs for Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco and Renyel Pinto
[edit] Significant Signings
- February 18, 2002 signed Tim Raines as a Free Agent from Baltimore Orioles
- January 28, 2003 signed Ivan Rodriguez as a free agent from Texas Rangers
- January 26, 2005 signed Carlos Delgado as a free agent from Toronto Blue Jays
