Scouting

Updated 5-Jan-2012

All of the information included below was obtained from the front office link of the Official Jays Website available here.

JAYS SCOUTING

• Director, Amateur Scouting - Andrew Tinnish *Responsible for Draft Overall
• Director, Professional Scouting - Perry Minasian
• Special Assistant to Amateur Scouting – Chuck LaMar *new position 
• Special Assignment Scout – Jon Lalonde *new position
• Special Assistant, Latin American Operations - Ismael Cruz (took over from Marco Paddy)
• Dominican Republic Scouting Director – Jose Rosario *new position
• Venezuelan Scouting Director – Luis Marquez *new position
• Coordinator, Amateur Scouting - Ryan Mittleman
• Coordinator, Professional Scouting - Harry Einbinder

MAJOR LEAGUE SCOUTS

• Major League Scout - Sal Butera
• Major League Scout – Russ Bove 
• Major League Scout – Jim Beattie (former Expos GM)
• Major League Scout - Ed Lynch (former Cubs GM) (Promoted from Professional Scouting)

PROFESSIONAL SCOUTING

• Professional Crosschecker 1 - Mike Mangan
• Professional Crosschecker 2 - Gary Rajsich
• Senior Advisor/Professional Scout 1 - Mel Didier
• Professional Scout 2 - Kevin Briand (Director/Scout for Canadian Baseball)
• Professional Scout 3 - John Brickley
• Professional Scout 4 - Tom Clark
• Professional Scout 5 - Steve Connelly
• Professional Scout 6 - Kimball Crossley
• Professional Scout 7 – Bob Fontaine 
• Professional Scout  - Rick Down
• Professional Scout 8 - Bob Hamelin (former AL Rookie of the Year
• Professional Scout 9 - David May Jr. (helped sign Jack Cust and Mike Koplove while working for the DBacks in ’97, ’98 – worked for the M’s thereafter and signed 5 insignificant players)
• Professional Scout 10 - Wayne Morgan (signed 2 insignificant players in late ’70s, region seems to be California)
• Professional Scout 11 - Brian Parker
• Professional Scout 12 - Marteese Robinson
• Professional Scout 12 – Jim Skaalen *New, took over Rick Down’s spot on this list
• Professional Scout 14/ Performance Coach - Steve Springer (signed Rod Barajas and Nick Bierbrodt for the DBacks in 1996)
• Professional Scout 15 – Dale Sutherland
• Professional Scout 16 - Doug Witt (signed 2 players while with the Rays – BJ Upton and Seth McLung)
• Professional Video Scout – Joe Barbera *Newly created position
• Professional Video Scout – Pete Holmes *Newly created position
• Professional Video Scout Coordinator - Calvin Minascian *Newly created Title, was Scout before 2 more video scouting positions were created

AMATEUR CROSS-CHECKERS (CC)

• National CC1 – Dean Decillis 
• National CC 2 - Marc Tramuta
• Regional CC 1 - Matt Briggs
• Regional CC 2 - Tom Burns
• Regional CC 3 - Dan Cholowsky
• Regional CC 4 – Steve Miller  
• Regional CC 5 – Tim Rooney
• Regional CC 6 – Rob St-Julien *Newly Added Position
  

  AREA SCOUTS

  • Joey Aversa – Fountain Valley, California 
  • Darold Brown – Elk Grove, California
  • Jon Bunnell – Overland Park, Kansas
  • Dan Cox - Santa Ana, California
  • Blake Crosby - Santa Maria, California
  • C.J. Ebarb – Friendswood, Texas *Newest Addition
  • Ryan Fox - Yakima, Washington
  • Kevin Fox – La Mirada, California *Newest Addition
  • Bobby Gandolfo – Lansdale, Pennsylvania
  • Joel Grampietro – Tampa, Florida
  • John Hendricks – Mocksville, North Carolina
  • Brian Johnston – Los Angeles, California *New Addition
  • Randy Kramer – Aptos, California
  • Nick Manno – North Royalton, Ohio
  • Eric McQueen – Acworth, Georgia
  • Mike Medici – Chicago, Illinois
  • Nate Murrie- Nashville, Tennessee
  • Matt O’Brien - Clermont, Florida 
  • Cliff Pastornicky – Birmingham, Alabama (Tyler’s dad, helped KC sign Zach Greinke, Billy Butler, Mark Ellis, Kiko Calero, and Derrick Robinson amongst others – one of Toronto’s best scouts)
  • Wes Penick – Clive, Iowa
  • Michael Pesce – Long Island, New York
  • Jorge Rivera – Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico (signed Alex Rios for the Jays in ’99)
  • Rob St. Julien – Lafayette, Louisianna * Promoted to regional crosschecker
  • Darin Vaughan - Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Michael Wagner - Addison, Texas
    

  SCOUTS – CANADA

  • Jamie Lehman - Brampton, Ontario
  • Don Cowan – Delta, British Columbia
  • Jim Fanning – Ambassador, Amateur Baseball
  • Sean McCann – Ambassador, Amateur Baseball

  SCOUTS – INTERNATIONAL

• Miguel Bernard – San Perdo de Macoris, Dominican Republic
• Robinson Garces – Maracaibo, Venezuela
• Pablo Leal -Maturin, Venezuela
• Erick Medina – Cartagena, Columbia
• Rafael Moncada – San Diego Valencia, Venezuela
• Lorenzo Perez – Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic
• Hilario Soriano - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Domingo Toribio - San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic 
• Greg Wade – Queensland, Australia