Orioles: Front office switch
The Orioles are going to announce some administrative changes over the next few days, though they have been brewing for some time. Dave and John Stockstill essentially will change places in the front office, with John taking over the minor league operation and Dave assuming some of John's international scouting duties.
We probably should have realized this a couple of weeks ago, since it was obvious that Dave was traveling internationally more and John was spending more and more time around the minor league operation, but it is kind of an inside baseball situation.
The word got out this week that the Orioles were going to make a front office announcement, and speculation about it first surfaced on Orioles Hangout, but Andy MacPhail told reporters he would not announce anything for several days. He can do that if he wants, but my buddy Ken Rosenthal put it up on FoxSports.com this morning.
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Comments
Did not know the O's had a international scouting department. Where are products of this?
Posted by: ron | March 24, 2010 10:40 AM
jj: What promo? I didn't see it. If there's a promo, please point me to it, even if it is junk. Or did you post here by mistake, referring to something somewhere else in the paper?
Posted by: Danny in WV | March 24, 2010 10:40 AM
ron - I do believe the "Koji Uehara" would be one. This is an Andy MacPhail driven effort, so any results coming from 16-year old prospects are still years away.
Posted by: Mitch | March 24, 2010 10:50 AM
ron, here is a Sun article on international signings in December. Your welcome, ghost.
link:
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-12-27/sports/bal-sp.orioles27dec27_1_john-stockstill-orioles-dominican-republic
Posted by: sometimes | March 24, 2010 12:14 PM
Bummer...
I saw the title of this post and I thought maybe we were getting a GM who wasn't afraid to spend money or trade legit prospects...
Posted by: not brooks | March 24, 2010 12:59 PM
Damn, that's funny not brooks! Wayne will be your bff before you know it.
Posted by: Warehouser | March 24, 2010 2:03 PM
LOL not brooks, First we need an owner who will let the GM spend the money. I guess Peter doesn't have too many asbestos ot tobacco cases. So now he can't sue anyone to build up his bank accounts.
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Posted by: lmry | March 24, 2010 2:10 PM
I say we put this constant poster sales guy Imry into the O's International Scouting Dept and send him to Siberia to look for talent while he sells his boots and caps and bikinis.
Maybe he could find another Sidd Finch on the frozen tundra.
Posted by: Fang | March 24, 2010 3:54 PM
ANGELOS ALLOWED A PAYROLL OF 97 MILLION IN 2007
MACPHAIL WAS CRITICIZED IN CHICAGO FOR NOT EXPLOITING HIS RESOURCES THERE EITHER
IM NOT FAN OF ANGELOS, BUT I'VE SEEN HIM SPEND MONEY BEFORE
CANT SAY THE SAME FOR ANDY.
Posted by: NOT WAREHOUSER | March 24, 2010 6:12 PM
Mitch - that Koji deal has worked out really well.
Posted by: joefoss | March 24, 2010 8:37 PM
Rumor has it Dave Stockstill was mad that his brother was getting all the frequent flier miles, hence the switch.
Posted by: joefoss | March 24, 2010 8:40 PM
A TALE OF TWO FO'S
BOS:
Scouting Director - 1
Assistant, Director - 1
Advance Scouting Coordinator - 1
Assistant, Amateur Scouting - 1
Assistant, International Scouting - 1
Advance Scouts - 2
SPecial Assignment Scout - 1
Special Assignment Pitching Evaluator - 1
Major League Scouts - 3
Pro Scouts - 6
Consultants - 2
National Crosscheckers - 1
Regional Crosscheckers - 3
Area Scouts - 18
Coordinator, Latin AMerican Scoutin/Int'l Crosschecker - 1
Coordinator, Pac. Rim Scouting - 1
Cooridnator, Euro. Scouting - 1
Venezuela Scouting Supervisor - 1
DR Scouting Supervisor - 1
Int'l Scouts - 13
Total Departmental Positions - 60
BAL:
Director, International Scouting - 1
Director, Professional Scouting - 1
Major League Advance Scout - 1
Major League Scouts - 2
Pro Scouts - 7
Director, Amateur Scouting - 1
Scouting Administrator - 1
National Crosscheckers - 1
Regional Crosscheckers - 4
Full Time Scouts - 14
DR Summer League, Camp Coordinator - 1
Int'l Scouts - 2
Total Departmental Positions - 36
Posted by: Anonymous | March 25, 2010 12:52 AM
Bos has 13 Intl scouts!!
Bal has 2 ??
Why do ppl always say we have "improved" intl scouting ?
DId we have 1 before or something ?
Posted by: deeply confused | March 25, 2010 12:57 AM
A Sidd Finch reference ... and so close to April 1. I'm not afraid to admit I fell for that when it came out. I still chuckle when I think about it.
Posted by: waspman | March 25, 2010 2:36 AM
Not to worry, Wasp. Pretty much everyone fell for it, including myself.
In retrospect, however, we both should have been clued in by the 168 mph fastball. Anyone who throws faster than Daniel Cabrera and can throw it over the plate at the same time is too good to be true.
Posted by: Fang | March 25, 2010 2:52 AM
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Not to worry though, we have Chris scouting Hawaii for us.....
Posted by: wayne | March 25, 2010 10:47 AM
but who's scouting sarasoda ?
bwaaah haah haaaahahaaahahahaah
Posted by: Anonymous | March 25, 2010 12:38 PM