The Orioles announced a series of front office moves Monday, headlined by the hiring of Matt Blood as the team’ new director of player development. Blood has worked previously as the director of player development and baseball innovations with the Rangers and as an area scout in the Cardinals organization. In his new role, Blood “will spearhead staff recruitment, technology programs, and player development strategies throughout the minor leagues,” the Orioles announced.
“Matt has an unrivaled network when it comes to identifying up-and-coming talent, and his his knowledge of the latest trends in the player development sphere will help to keep us on the forefront of this critical area,” general manager Mike Elias said of Blood.
Baltimore also announced several internal promotions. Mike Snyder, who’d previously served as the team’s director of Pacific Rim operations, has been named the Orioles’ new director of pro scouting. Assistant director of scouting Brad Ciolek has been named the team’s new supervisor of domestic scouting operations. Baseball systems developer Di Zou has been named manager of baseball systems and “will continue to assume a growing role in building out the Orioles’ digital workspaces and analytics capabilities.” Scouting administrator Hendrik Herz and baseball ops assistant Chad Tatum have been appointed to the newly created roles of scouting analysts, wherein they will “evaluate amateur players for the draft using video, data and in-person evaluations.”
CarolinaRays
There will be Matt
DolphLundgren
Reign in Matt
zpgreen
Rambo: First Matt
mikevm3
Matt-y Hell
E munchy
Matt in Matt out
lambeau gang
Sounds like they’re out for blood.
joeflaccosunibrow
Favorite drink is a Matty Mary
User 4245925809
Jackson, as well as free agent to be Andrew Cashner both should have been relievers years ago.
mstrchef13
What does this have to do with the article in any way?
vtadave
Yes, and in news just as relevant to this topic, Big Ben is out for the year.
beknighted
Miss Lippy’s car is green.
joeflaccosunibrow
Spot on relevance!
bucnole31658
Cashner is an innings eater
tonypro7
And a nacho eater
Sour Bob
Peter Angelos will continue in his role of Senior Executive in Charge of Making All Best Efforts Fruitless.
jorge78
LOL!
Bt5201
His twitter reads. “Always learning…..from a lot of failing.”
Oh well his “unrivaled” network should be able to help him out.
scarfish
Anyone else find that picture with the wide eyed O’s bird staring creepily toward Elias a little amusing?
scarfish
No more rim job for Mike Snyder.
gilgunderson
Always a good idea to bring some fresh Blood into the system.
joeflaccosunibrow
I personally like the injection of Young Blood into an organization. Matt Blood will have to do for the time being.
Michael Wheeler
Not to be confused with “Fresh” Blood