Matt Swanson, their new scouting director

[ten ocho recon scout]

15 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Never trust anything that we get from St. Louis.

Rams?

[oater]

BA likes the hire.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/news/angels-hire-matt-swanson-scouting-director/#yGwO3CovRUCJezTf.97V

[Ohtaniland]

Hopefully he brings whatever Pujols left in his locker with him.

[Stradling]

"I'm an excellent driver"

[Vegas Halo Fan]

18 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Rams?

Have you seen the Rams lately? Los Angeles may soon be pining for the days when they weren't part of the NFL.

[ten ocho recon scout]

15 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Never trust anything that we get from St. Louis.

Rams?

[Dick B Back]

Is he bringing his IT staff with him?

[Tyler]

This thread is hilarious. Hopefully he does the live chats.

[KevinJ14]

keithlawVerified account‏@keithlaw

My phone has been blowing up with texts/calls from people saying the Angels made a great hire in Matt Swanson

 

Jeff FletcherVerified account‏@JeffFletcherOCR

@mk9577 The crosschecker goes all over the country to see prospects so they have a reference to compare players from all over.

 

 

4:32 PM - 23 Aug 2016

[KevinJ14]

1 hour ago, oater said:

BA likes the hire.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/news/angels-hire-matt-swanson-scouting-director/#yGwO3CovRUCJezTf.97V

He was the signing scout for big leaguers Stephen Piscotty, Kolten Wong, and Kyle Barraclough, among others.
Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/news/angels-hire-matt-swanson-scouting-director/#1bJbUDeoZ7BPKykD.99

[kevinb]

1 hour ago, KevinJ14 said:

He was the signing scout for big leaguers Stephen Piscotty, Kolten Wong, and Kyle Barraclough, among others.
Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/news/angels-hire-matt-swanson-scouting-director/#1bJbUDeoZ7BPKykD.99

[Angel Oracle]

7 hours ago, failos said:

Should've gone with Ron.

Arte might move the team to Pawnee, Indiana.

[Blarg]

And you know this because of your in depth knowledge of the industry.

[tomsred]

28 minutes ago, Blarg said:

And you know this because of your in depth knowledge of the industry.

I'm quite sure he wrote the reference book on the performance of national cross checkers, LOL.

[Inside Pitch]

Just now, hangin n wangin said:

I'm judging him based on what he did while he was with us. We went from one of the best farm systems to one of the worst farm systems.

He was really bad.

He was doing what his boss told him to do...    If they tell you target players who do  X Y Z and fit a certain profile.  That's what you do.    Look no further than the M's draft this year.  18 of their first 20 picks were college players and 26 of their first 30. They drafted 8 HS players among their final 10 picks but didn't sign any of them.  Sound familiar?

[Glen]

15 hours ago, CALZONE said:

Hopefully he brings whatever Pujols left in his locker with him.

There's so much to love in this thread but I think the way Claude managed to drag Pujols into it is the best thing. Not surprising, but still the best.

[Chuck]

19 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Word has it that that's the first thing Eppler asked him in the interview: "How are you at chatting?"

lol

[Jobu]

2 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

He was doing what his boss told him to do...    If they tell you target players who do  X Y Z and fit a certain profile.  That's what you do.    Look no further than the M's draft this year.  18 of their first 20 picks were college players and 26 of their first 30. They drafted 8 HS players among their final 10 picks but didn't sign any of them.  Sound familiar?

I thought this place was big on personal responsibility. Eppler kept him around for another draft and still fired him. 

[Chuck]

15 hours ago, Tyler said:

This thread is hilarious. Hopefully he does the live chats.

I'm on it, @Tyler

[ten ocho recon scout]

14 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Arte might move the team to Pawnee, Indiana.

Those guys were dicks in dances with wolves

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, Jobu said:

I thought this place was big on personal responsibility. Eppler kept him around for another draft and still fired him. 

Last I heard, he's still part of the organization.  BTW, the personal responsibility crack is hilarious....   Did you ever try applying it to Teflon Jerry? .... you know the man truly responsible for direction of the draft the four years he was here.   It wasn't Wilson who came in and instantly fired all the scouts who had built the system up, it wasn't Wilson who talked up the virtues of obtaining close to MLB ready talent..  and it certainly wasn't Wilson who was quoted in the LA Times as having said that Baldoquin wasn't a raw prospect, that he just needed at bats and he was MLB ready.   So yeah -- I'm assigning the responsibility where it belongs..  I know that pains the Beliebers.

Unlike his predecessor, Eppler didn't come in and turn over the apple cart by firing everyone - but anyone capable of telling apples from oranges noticed a significant shift in our how we drafted this year.  A change for the better..   

[Jobu]

36 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Last I heard, he's still part of the organization.  BTW, the personal responsibility crack is hilarious....   Did you ever try applying it to Teflon Jerry? .... you know the man truly responsible for direction of the draft the four years he was here.   It wasn't Wilson who came in and instantly fired all the scouts who had built the system up, it wasn't Wilson who talked up the virtues of obtaining close to MLB ready talent..  and it certainly wasn't Wilson who was quoted in the LA Times as having said that Baldoquin wasn't a raw prospect, that he just needed at bats and he was MLB ready.   So yeah -- I'm assigning the responsibility where it belongs..  I know that pains the Beliebers.

Unlike his predecessor, Eppler didn't come in and turn over the apple cart by firing everyone - but anyone capable of telling apples from oranges noticed a significant shift in our how we drafted this year.  A change for the better..   

As usual, nobody is talking about Jerry but you. 

[Inside Pitch]

11 hours ago, Jobu said:

As usual, nobody is talking about Jerry but you. 

As usual people are all for casting blame unless it's directed at he who has no blame.    Regardless, I was talking about Wilson and since you brought him up, Eppler..  It's difficult to talk about either guy in the context of what was being discussed without pointing out the connections or the differences between them.   Sorry that's such a difficult concept to grasp.    

BTW -- I checked my posting history of the last 50 posts going back to August 15th one had any reference to Jerry....  ONE, the one you chose to respond to.   That's the same number of times I've mention Cal, and I actually hate Cal...  So yeah.... 

Feel free to add me to the ignore list if you're going to be triggered so easily. 

[John Stellman]

Where's Eddie Bane?

[Pujols4MVP]

20 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Never trust anything that we get from St. Louis.

Yep maybe the Cards let him get poached for a reason.