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Post by redsfanman on Nov 24, 2014 8:43:34 GMT -5
The Reds have yet to name Kevin Tower's role, but with his background in scouting I wouldn't be surprised to see him take Bill Bavasi's job. I assume Jocketty knew Bavasi might be leaving, as he was under consideration for this job in the MLB Scouting Bureau. It would keep Kevin Towers in the loop in an administrative job in MLB, while keeping him from having to make trades.
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Post by kinsm on Nov 27, 2014 1:44:26 GMT -5
---Mark Sheldon
The Reds completed some expected changes to the baseball operations side of their front office on Tuesday with the formal additions of Kevin Towers and Jeff Schugel as special assistants to general manager Walt Jocketty.
Towers was the Padres' GM from 1995-2009 and GM for the D-backs from 2010 until his dismissal in September. A longtime friend of Jocketty's, the 53-year-old will be a special assistant for player personnel. Under Towers, San Diego reached the postseason four times, including the 1998 World Series. He had been connected to the Reds in recent weeks, and was with Cincinnati's group in an unofficial capacity during the GM meetings.
MLB.com first reported the hiring of Schugel on Nov. 9 after the 53-year-old spent last season as a special assistant to former Braves GM Frank Wren.
Schugel, who has 31 years of experience working in baseball, will be a special assistant for pro scouting under Jocketty. Before last season, he spent nine seasons with the Angels as a Major League and special assignment scout. He's worked as a scout for the Twins, Rockies and Dodgers.
In other front office changes, vice president of baseball operations candlestick Williams was named the vice president and assistant GM; Nick Krall was promoted to senior director of baseball operations; Sam Grossman moved up to senior director of baseball analytics; Eric Lee was named manager of baseball operations and Bo Thompson was named a baseball operations analyst.
The moves came after two recent departures. Assistant GM Bob Miller left the organization in October and is now in the same capacity with the Nationals. Vice president of scouting, player development and international scouting Bill Bavasi is also leaving to be the director of the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau.
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