Here’s a press release from the Boston Red Sox concerning some front office moves:
BOSTON, MA — The Boston Red Sox today announced a series of personnel moves in the organization’s baseball operations department.
The announcements were made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.
Major League Medical Staff
Mike Reinold has been promoted to Head Athletic Trainer and Assistant Director, Medical Services under Medical Director Dr. Thomas Gill. Reinold has served as the club’s Assistant Athletic Trainer for the past four seasons, adding the title of Rehab Coordinator prior to the 2008 campaign. Before joining the Red Sox, he spent six years as the Director of Rehab and Clinical Education at the American Sports Medicine Institute run by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, AL. Reinold earned a degree in physical therapy from Northeastern University and holds a doctorate in physical therapy from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. He is a certified Athletic Trainer and certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
Additional changes within the Major League medical department include the promotion of Greg Barajas to Assistant Athletic Trainer. Barajas has spent the last five seasons as athletic trainer for Boston’s Triple-A Pawtucket affiliate, earning International League Athletic Trainer of the Year honors in 2007. He previously served as an athletic trainer in the Milwaukee Brewers organization from 1998-2004. Barajas is a certified Athletic Trainer from the National Athletic Trainers Association and a certified Performance Enhancement Specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
Mitsugi Ito joins the Red Sox as a team Massage Therapist. He previously served as Assistant Massage Therapist for the Seibu Lions.
Amateur Scouting
Amiel Sawdaye has been promoted to Director, Amateur Scouting. He served as Boston’s Assistant Director, Amateur Scouting for the last five years after being named to the post in December of 2004. A 1999 graduate of the University of Maryland, Sawdaye joined the Red Sox organization in 2002 as an intern in the scouting department and spent 2004 as the club’s scouting assistant.
David Finley has been promoted to Special Assistant to the General Manager after spending the past five years as the Red Sox National Crosschecker. Finley joined the Boston organization as the West Coast Crosschecker prior to the 2002 season. He has previously worked for the Padres and Marlins.
Mark Wasinger has been promoted to Special Assignment Scout. Wasinger was the club’s West Crosschecker in 2009 and has spent six years overall as a regional crosschecker and one year as a professional scout with Boston. He came to the Red Sox in November of 2002 after seven years as an area scout with San Diego. A former Major League infielder, he played parts of three seasons with the Padres (1986) and Giants (1987-88).
Mike Rikard has been promoted to National Crosschecker. He has spent the past five years as a regional crosschecker with the Red Sox and previously was a scout in the Padres organization.
Dan Madsen has been promoted to West Coast Crosschecker. The former minor league outfielder spent the previous seven years as an area scout for the Red Sox in the Southern California/San Diego area.
Tom Battista joins the organization as an Area Scout in Southern California after serving as an area scout and West Coast Crosschecker for the Atlanta Braves for seven years.
Pat Portugal has been hired as an Area Scout in the Northwest. Prior to joining the Red Sox he spent five years as an area scout with the Giants and four years as an area scout with the Cubs.
Sam Ray has been named an Area Scout in the Ohio Valley after spending the previous two seasons as an intern in the baseball operations department.
Demond Smith has been hired as an Area Scout in Northern California. Prior to joining the Red Sox, the former outfielder played 17 seasons of professional baseball from 1990-2008 and spent time in the Mets (1990-93), Angels (1994-95), Athletics (1995-97), White Sox (1998) and Braves (1999-2000) organizations.
Jared Banner has been named Assistant, Amateur Scouting. Banner joined the Red Sox organization as an intern in baseball operations in 2007 and served as Assistant, Player Development in 2008-09.
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