Angels hire Tim McIlvaine as their new scouting director

[mmc]

 

[jsnpritchett]

Son of Joe McIlvaine, current Mariners exec and former GM/baseball operations exec for the Padres and Mets.

Edited October 28, 2021 by jsnpritchett

[UndertheHalo]

I have no opinion

[Angelsfan1984]

The guy 

[ettin]

Biographical Information[edit]

The son of GM Joe McIlvaine, Tim McIlvaine played briefly then became a scout. Tim was the #4 catcher for the 2004 GCL Twins, going 6 for 26 with 6 walks and four runs. He had no errors, four passed balls and allowed six steals in eight tries in 10 games behind the plate. The next year, he became an area scout for the Milwaukee Brewers. He signed Jonathan Armold, Hiram Burgos, Scooter Gennett, David Goforth and Jeremy Jeffress.

[tdawg87]

Oh.

[HanfordGuy]

[eligrba]

Someone please let me know when to be outraged.

 

I have no idea who this person is or what he brings to the Angels that is different than the previous person who was in charge.

[totdprods]

Brewers have had a really underrated baseball ops group for a long, long time. They’re a good org to poach from.

[AngelsFaninGA]

K

[Lou]

Yes!

[Taylor]

[ettin]

A couple of relevant, yet somewhat generic, quotes from the new Angels scout from a book about prospect hits and misses in the draft:

This ties in with Minasian's comment about finding prospects with the right mental attitude toward the sport. Basically sounds like the Angels will be looking for gifted, yet mentally mature prospects in future drafts, utilizing the right balance of analytics information and subjective visual critiques of their performance(s).

[Angels 1961]

This is a very good move. This comes straight from Roger Lodge

[jsnpritchett]

4 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

This is a very good move. This comes straight from Roger Lodge

[sportstr44]

 

[jsnpritchett]

3 minutes ago, sportstr44 said:

 

Assistant Director.  Uh-oh @Chuckster70, another coffee-getter!

[Taylor]

2 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Assistant Director.  Uh-oh @Chuckster70, another coffee-getter!

Assistant to the Director

[Make Angels Great Again]

What the hell is a "player personnel director?"

[ukyah]

7 minutes ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

What the hell is a "player personnel director?"

sounds like the right hand to the director of player personnel.

[BTH]

The goal with this hire clearly seems to be drafting quality pitching. Milwaukee drafted some quality pitchers in later round picks when McIlvaine was their Ast. Scouting Director.

Specifically: Corbin Burnes (4th round), Brandon Woodruff (11th round), Drew Rasmussen (6th round), and Aaron Ashby (4th round).

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, ettin said:

A couple of relevant, yet somewhat generic, quotes from the new Angels scout from a book about prospect hits and misses in the draft:

This ties in with Minasian's comment about finding prospects with the right mental attitude toward the sport. Basically sounds like the Angels will be looking for gifted, yet mentally mature prospects in future drafts, utilizing the right balance of analytics information and subjective visual critiques of their performance(s).

So...No Chevy Clarke's?

[Angels 1961]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

whooo is he whoo whoo

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, Trendon said:

The goal with this hire clearly seems to be drafting quality pitching. Milwaukee drafted some quality pitchers in later round picks when McIlvaine was their Ast. Scouting Director.

Specifically: Corbin Burnes (4th round), Brandon Woodruff (11th round), Drew Rasmussen (6th round), and Aaron Ashby (4th round).

I seriously hope that isn't the goal.

[ettin]

1 hour ago, True Grich said:

So...No Chevy Clarke's?

No, just Scooter Gennet's!