Greenlee takes over analytics department

The Miami Marlins’ analytics department will have a different structure in year one of the Derek Jeter era.

Dan Greenlee, the former Yankees executive hired during the fall as Miami’s director of player personnel, will oversee the department. That addition to his responsibilities isn’t too unusual given his background as a player development analyst with New York.

As director of player personnel, Greenlee is a significant voice in player acquisition and 40-man roster decisions, among other areas. That he is also now in charge of the analytics department represents a further blurring of the line between old-school and newschool baseball decisionmaking. As opposed to having a separate analytics department head, the Marlins’ tweaked front-office structure will aim to include that dimension under a more traditional title.

Greenlee’s role evolved after the departure last month of senior director of analytics Jason Paré, who joined the Atlanta Braves as an assistant general manager. President of baseball operations Michael Hill said last month that Greenlee would temporarily take on some of the analytics workload, and between then and now that shift became permanent.

Additionally, the Marlins hired Myles Lewis as a senior analyst and promoted Michael Lord from analyst to analytics coordinator.

Lewis comes to the Marlins from Applied Predictive Technologies, a Virginiabased software company that worked with businesses to make data-driven decisions. He previously interned with the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays.

And the Marlins’ analytics department, still small compared with modern major league norms, is growing. The team is working to hire an additional developer and analyst.

“It’s a part of our game. It’s a voice at the table that you have to have and need to listen to,” Hill said last month. “There is so much data out there. You just want to make sure that you’re incorporating it into your decision-making process. It’s another tool and opportunity to help us make better decisions.”

JOHN RAOUX/AP Michael Hill, Marlins president of baseball operations, above, has given Dan Greenlee, the new director of player personnel, control over the team’s analytics department.