If the White Sox hope to derive more baseball talent from Latin America, then Marco Paddy appears to be the man to take them into that area.
Paddy, 47, was named by the White Sox as special assistant to the general manager-international operations. For the past five seasons, Paddy served as director of Latin America Operations with the Blue Jays and will now lead the Latin American scouting efforts of Chicago, with an emphasis on international signings. …
Hopefully Latin America will be expanded outside of Cuba for the Sox…
UPDATE: More from Baseball America’s Ben Bradler:
Paddy had been Toronto’s director of Latin American operations the last five years, during which time the Blue Jays signed Cuban shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, Venezuelan righthander Henderson Alvarez, Venezuelan catcher Carlos Perez and Venezuelan righthander Adonys Cardona, among others.
The Blue Jays were one of the most aggressive teams on the international amateur market this year, signing Mexican righthander Roberto Osuna, Venezuelan outfielders Wuilmer Becerra and Jesus Gonzalez, Dominican shortstop Dawel Lugo and Venezuelan righthanders Manuel Cordoba and Jesus Tinoco.
John Sickels published his Toronto’s Top-20 prospects for 2012 list today.
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