Michael Hill and April Brown given expanded MLB roles following the death of Billy Bean


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NEW YORK — Former Miami Marlins general manager Michael Hill has been promoted to Major League Baseball's senior vice president of on-field operations and workforce development and April Brown to senior vice president of social responsibility and diversity. The promotions fill areas of supervision that had been under Billy Bean, senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion until his death on Aug. 6 from acute myeloid leukemia. Hill will remain in charge of on-field discipline.

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