Dodgers promote Gomes to VP, announce other front office moves

by Cary Osborne
Sixteen months after being promoted to director of player development, Brandon Gomes has been promoted to Dodger vice president and assistant general manager.
The Dodgers made the announcement on Sunday, as well as naming Will Rhymes the new director of player development, Alex Slater as director of baseball operations and Duncan Webb as director of baseball resources.
Gomes has been with the Dodgers since 2016 after a five-year playing career, in which he went 11–12 with a 4.20 ERA in 173 career games with Tampa Bay. He was named director of player development on Dec. 1, 2017 following the departure of Gabe Kapler to Philadelphia.
Rhymes joined the Dodgers in 2016 serving as a pro scout for two seasons before becoming the assistant farm director in 2018. Prior to joining the staff, he played three seasons in the Major Leagues from 2010–12 as an infielder with Detroit and Tampa Bay.
Slater has been part of the Dodgers front office since 2014, the same offseason in which Andrew Friedman was named president of baseball operations. Slater has been in Major League Baseball for 11 seasons, serving as a baseball operations assistant in the professional scouting department of the San Diego Padres from 2009–2014.
Webb joined the Dodgers in 2015 as the coordinator of international player development and served in various roles the last four seasons in the Campo Las Palmas complex in the Dominican Republic. The Massachusetts native originally began his professional career in 2006 serving as a baseball operations intern for the Boston Red Sox before becoming their assistant farm director from 2013–14.