Michael Chernoff (born ca. 1981) is an American baseball executive who serves as the

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of the

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Biography

Chernoff was born and raised in

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. His father, Mark Chernoff, is the Vice President of programming for

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in New York. He attended the

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. He attended

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, where he played

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for the

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team. He took an

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to work in the Indians' front office and remained with the team. He served as the director of baseball relations, and was promoted to assistant general manager in Cleveland in October 2010. In 2014, he declined an opportunity to interview for the general manager position with the

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. After the 2015 season, the Indians promoted

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from general manager to president of baseball operations, and Chernoff to general manager. He and his wife, Sarah, have two sons and two daughters.

References

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