Erik Neander

Erik Neander (born 1983/1984) is an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. He has worked for the Tampa Bay Rays since 2007, and was named senior vice president of baseball operations and general manager of the team in November 2016.

Neander was raised in Oneonta, New York and attended the local high school, where he played baseball. Neander graduated from Virginia Tech and started working for Baseball Info Solutions, then joined the Tampa Bay Rays as an intern in 2007. He was promoted to vice president of baseball operations in October 2014. Neander succeeded Matthew Silverman as senior vice president and general manager of the Tampa Bay Rays in November 2016.