Blue Jays name front office veteran as new amateur scouting director

At the end of October, news broke that the Toronto Blue Jays were losing their amateur scouting director Shane Farrell to the Detroit Tigers. The son of former Blue Jays manager John Farrell left the organization with a bit of a mixed record, as just one of his five first-round picks have made the major leagues, and he did it as a member of the Twins.

Over the past few weeks, all has been quiet in the Jays' scramble to replace Farrell. On Tuesday, SNYtv's Joe DeMayo shared on social media that the Blue Jays were set to name Marc Tramuta as their new amateur scouting director. This was later confirmed by Ben Nicholson-Smith and Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.

Tramuta, 53, had a brief run in pro ball back in the 90's when he was a 45th-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 1991. He appeared in 32 games for them that season, going 16-for-66 with one double and 15 singles and nine RBI, alongside a .242 average and .578 OPS.

Turns out, his calling in baseball is much more than simply as a player. Tramuta took a scouting role with the Orioles, where he was from 1996 to 2003. Then he became a scout for the Blue Jays, where he stayed from 2003-2007 until he was moved up to National Scouting Director until December of 2008. From there, he took a more broad scouting role with the Jays until 2010 and was a crosschecker until 2013.

Tramuta then moved over to the Mets organization, where he worked in multiple different high-end roles from 2013 to last October. While serving as the Mets' amateur scouting director, some of Tramuta's top first-round selections include the likes of Jarred Kelenic, Brett Baty, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Jett Williams.

Last October, the well-respected executive returned to the Blue Jays as a special assistant for player personnel. It didn't take long for him to move up the organizational ladder, and he's now going to lead the charge in the Blue Jays' efforts to revamp their minor league system.