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Indians Name Brad Grant as Vice Presiden
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The Indians announced some moves today in to their Baseball Operations Department, naming Brad Grant as the Vice President of Baseball Operations. The team also promoted Scott Barnsby to the Director of Amateur Scouting. Grant has spent the last 10 seasons as the clubs Director of Amateur Scouting. The team Ron'Dell Carter Jersey has had some great succe s with him in that role, signing 15 players of the teams' current 40-man roster while he was in charge in that position. Former first round picks Lonnie Chisenhall, Francisco Lindor, Tyler Naquin and Bradley Zimmer have greatly impacted the Major League club in its Bernhard Seikovits Jersey consecutive A.L. Central Division titles in 201617. His 10-year run as Amateur Scouting Director was the longest in franchise history.Scroll to Continue The team states in his new role, he will broaden in scope and shift out of Amateur Scouting and into Baseball Operations, where he will a sist in all departments and platforms. His role will include the coordination of capital projects and strategy in the areas of resource prioritization and allocation. Grant also will continue to be a departmental resource for each of the clubs scouting and player acquisition Deandre Hopkins T Shirts areas (Amateur, International and Pro Scouting) and will be a bridge between Baseball and Busine s Operations internally. Barnsby recently finished his third season as the clubs A sistant Director of Scouting and has been a member of the Indians Amateur Scouting department since 2002. Barnsby will take on the day-to-day management of the Amateur Scouting department and will continue to lead the progre s made in Amateur Scouting under Grants guidance. These promotions are recognition of the impact Budda Baker Jersey Brad and Scott have made on the organization, and more broadly, an acknowledgement of our Amateur Scouting group, said Indians Rashard Lawrence Jersey General Manager Mike Chernoff in a release. Brad has been instrumental in revamping the Amateur Scouting departments proce ses and culture, and we look forward to expanding his role in new areas to impact all departments and personnel acro s Baseball Operations. Scott has built strong relationships acro s the organization and earned the respect of people industry-wide, and were excited about him guiding the departments continuous improvement.