Updated Brewers Baseball Operations Staff

[Mass Haas]

The Brewers have updated their online Front Office Directory as of December 3rd.

 

This post will indicate the new names (several), the departures (not nearly as many as the new hires), and the new titles representing promotions, or in perhaps some cases, a lateral move.

 

Kudos to Mark A. and David Stearns/Matt Arnold on a continued commitment to growing the Operations Team. It takes a village, as you can see. Brewers expand an already beefy analytics group. The amateur scouting staff was not decimated as was a concern when the pandemic broke. The professional scouting staff remains lean, as has been the case for some time now, with the analytics and video folks picking up the slack there.

 

The online page linked above does still show these employees who, based on news reports, have moved on or are about to:

 

Vice President, International Scouting/Player Personnel Mike Groopman -- going to Boston as as Assistant General Manager

Assistant Director, Domestic Scouting Tim McIlvaine -- going to the Los Angeles Angels as Scouting Director

Coordinator, Minor League Hitting Sara Goodrum -- going to Houston as Director of Player Development

 

Departures, some more recent than others, all from 2021:

 

Director - Player Performance Bryson Nakamura - Now Director & Lead Sport Scientist at the Stanford University Baseball Science Core

Associate Analyst - Baseball Research and Development Kunal Singh - Now a Football Data Scientist for the Denver Broncos

Amateur Scout Regional Supervisor Josh Belovsky

Area Scout Ty Blankmeyer

Area Scout KJ Hendricks

Area Scout Pete Vuckovich, Jr.

 

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So, listed below, is the current roster via the Brewers' site, with changes from earlier this season listed alongside each line item. No notation indicates no change from earlier this season.

 

BASEBALL OPERATIONS

 

Special Assistant - President, Baseball Operations Doug Melvin

Senior Vice President - Player Personnel Karl Mueller

Vice President - Baseball Projects Gord Ash

Vice President - Minor League Operations Tom Flanagan

Vice President - Domestic Scouting Tod Johnson

Vice President - Baseball Operations Matt Kleine

Vice President and Special Assistant to the GM/Baseball Operations Eduardo Brizuela - Formerly "Senior Director - Minor League and Player Operations"

Vice President - Baseball Product and Strategy Will Hudgins - Formerly "Director - Baseball Systems"

Vice President - Baseball Research and Innovation Dan Turkenkopf - Formerly "Director - Baseball Research and Development"

Special Assistant to the General Manager/Player Development Carlos Villanueva

Special Assignment Scout Scott Campbell

Special Assistant to the General Manager/Pro Scouting/Player Personnel Dick Groch

Special Assistant - Baseball Operations/Player Development Quinton McCracken

Special Assistant - Baseball Research and Development Nick Davis

Senior Manager - Technology Operations Matt Kerls - Formerly "Manager - Video Operations"

Senior Manager - Data Engineering Matt Culhane - Formerly "Data Architect"

Manager - Advance Scouting Brian Powalish

Manager - Application Development Andy Acosta Gomez - Formerly "Senior Developer - Baseball"

Manager - Baseball Operations Eric Babitz - Formerly "Coordinator - Baseball Operations"

Senior Engineer Analyst - Baseball Operations Andrew Fox

Senior Analyst - Baseball Research and Development Ethan Bein

Senior Data Quality Engineer Josh Schaffer - Formerly "Data Engineer"

Senior Analyst - Domestic Scouting Andrew Koo - New Hire from Rangers, previously with Tigers, Blue Jays, and Baseball Prospectus)

Senior Developer - Baseball DJ Michalski - Formerly "Developer - Baseball"

Senior Coordinator - Player Personnel Zack Sorensen - Formerly "Coordinator - Minor League Video Operations"

Analyst - Baseball Research and Development Dan Kutner

Analyst - Baseball Research and Development Everett Johnson - New Hire

Data Architect Phil Hauser - Formerly "Senior Data Engineer"

Developer - Baseball Systems Dan Yang

Developer - Baseball Systems Scott Molling - New Hire

Data Engineer Charles Clark - New Hire

Data Engineer Harrison Jacobs - New Hire

Associate Data Engineer Samuel Neal - New Hire

Assistant - Major League Video and Spanish Translator Carlos Brizuela

Coordinator - Player Development/Information Ben Harris - Formerly "Coordinator - Player Personnel"

Coordinator - International Scouting and Player Personnel James Armstrong - Formerly "Assistant - International Scouting"

Coordinator - Baseball Operations Kevin Ottsen

Coordinator - Major League Video and Technology August Sandri

Coordinator - Technology Operations Ronnie Bedrosian - Formerly "Minor League Video Intern"

Coordinator - Data Quality Assurance Technology Operations Matt Ducondi - New Hire Prior stint as Minor League Operations and Video Assistant with the Pirates

Coordinator - Scouting Operations Matt Roffe - New Hire Prior stint as Analyst, Player Personnel with the Diamondbacks

Assistant - Baseball Operations Michael Silber - New Hire

Coordinator - Scouting Oscar Garcia

 

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

 

Vice President - Player Development Jake McKinley - Formerly "Director - Player Development Initiatives"

Director - Pitching Development Cameron Castro

Director - Strength and Conditioning Isaac Salazar - New Hire, held same position at Cal State-Fullerton

Director - Integrative Sports Performance Daniel Greenwood - New Hire, had been Director - Human Performance Center, The University of Memphis

Major League Assistant Strength and Conditioning Specialist/Performance Strategist Jason Meredith

Assistant Director - Player Development/Information August Fagerstrom - Formerly "Director - Player Development Initiatives"

Coordinator - Baseball Diversity Initiatives Junior Spivey

Coordinator - Integrative Sports Performance Rob Hulbert - New Hire in 2020

Senior Analyst - Integrative Sports Performance Eric Crispell - New Hire

Analyst - Integrative Sports Performance Megan Stewart - New Hire

Senior Manager - Baseball Administration Mark Mueller

Field Coordinator and Catching Instructor Charlie Greene

Infield Coordinator Bob Miscik

American Family Fields of Phoenix Clubhouse Manager Travis Voss

Coordinator - Latin America Operations Manuel Vargas

Education Coordinator Adela Marquez

 

SCOUTING

 

Special Assistant - Scouting Bryan Gale - Formerly "Assistant Director - Scouting"

Special Assistant - Scouting Mike Berger - Formerly "Pro Scouting Crosschecker"

Assistant Director - International Scouting Luis Pérez

Assistant Director - Scouting/International Player Development Taylor Green

 

Professional Scouts

 

Lary Aaron

Bryan Bullington

 

Amateur Scouts

 

National Supervisor - Scouting Doug Reynolds

Supervisor - Scout Teams/West Coast Special Assignment Scout Corey Rodriguez

Regional Supervisor Dan Nellum

Regional Supervisor - Scouting Drew Anderson

Regional Supervisor Mike Serbalik

Regional Supervisor - Scouting Wynn Pelzer - Formerly "Area Scout"

Area Scout Mike Burns

Area Scout Pete Orr

Area Scout James Fisher

Area Scout Taylor Frederick

Area Scout Joe Graham

Area Scout Lazaro Llanes

Area Scout Mark Muzzi

Area Scout Scott Nichols

Area Scout Jeff Simpson

Area Scout Craig Smajstrla

Area Scout Riley Bandelow

Area Scout Steve Smith

Area Scout Shawn Whalen

Area Scout Adam Hayes - Formerly "Coordinator - Scouting Operations"

Area Scout Ginger Poulson - New Hire, as The Athletic's Will Sammon recently profiled here

Area Scout Steve Ditrolio - New Hire

Area Scout Daniel Cho - New Hire

 

International Scouts

 

Supervisor - Venezuela Jose Rodriguez - Formerly "Scouting Coordinator - Venezuela"

Regional Cross Checker Esteban Castillo

Latin America Cross Checker Fernando Veracierto

Regional Cross Checker - Dominican Republic Rodolfo Rosario - Formerly "Scouting Supervisor"

Supervisor - Dominican Republic Gary Peralta

Scout - Latin America Trino Aguilar Navarro

Scout - Latin America Jose Barraza

Scout - Latin America Teofilo Gutierrez

Scout - Latin America Julio De La Cruz

Scout - Latin America Jose Morales

Scout - Latin America Jonas Lantigua

Scout - Latin America Salvador Ayestas

Scout - Latin America Javier Meza

Latin America Video Scout Jean Carlos Reynoso

Latin America Video Scout Diego Flores

Latin America Video Scout Kenji Galavis

Latin America Video Scout Luis Eduardo Rosario

 

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And of course, this doesn't even include the minor league affiliate coaching, strength and conditioning staffs. Those folks will get their due when the eight affiliates (AAA to DSL) have their staffs names sometime prior to this spring.

[balsamlaker]

Analytics are definitely not going away in Milwaukee. The most interesting new hires to me are Koo and Salazar. Interesting promotions include Armstrong, Pelzer, Rodriguez, and R. Rosario.