Less than a week after extending General Manager Neal Huntington to a three-year deal with a club option for 2015, the Pirates today announced several promotions in the Baseball Operations Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cEach of these individuals has played an integral part in our building process to date,\u201d said Huntington. \u201cWe believe each person is ready for new challenges and that each will have an even greater impact on the Pirates organization in their new roles and responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Greg Smith has been promoted from Director of Scouting to Assistant General Manager. In his new role, Smith will oversee all elements of the Pirates\u2019 Scouting Operations at the Amateur, International and Professional levels. Smith will also continue to assist Huntington with strategic planning, personnel moves and decision making.<\/p>\n
Kyle Stark has been promoted from Director of Player Development to Assistant General Manager. In his new role, Stark will oversee all elements of the Pirates\u2019 Medical, Physical, Mental, Personal and Player Development Departments at the Major and Minor League level. Stark will also continue to assist Huntington with strategic planning, personnel moves and decision making.<\/p>\n
Tyrone Brooks has been promoted from Director of Baseball Operations to Director of Player Personnel. In his new role, Brooks will lead the Professional Scouting Department and the International Scouting Department (non-Latin American). Brooks will also continue to assist Huntington with strategic planning, personnel moves and decision making.<\/p>\n
Joe DelliCarri has been promoted from Assistant Scouting Director to Director of Amateur Scouting. In his new role, DelliCarri will lead the Amateur Scouting Department and run the First-Year Player Draft.<\/p>\n
Director of Latin American Scouting Rene Gayo will continue to lead the Latin American Scouting Department as well as have significant involvement in the Pirates\u2019 Latin American Player Development Operations.<\/p>\n
Larry Broadway has been promoted from an Area Scout to Director of Minor League Operations. In his new role, Larry will lead the day-to-day operations of the Pirates\u2019 Player Development Department.<\/p>\n
Kevan Graves has been promoted from Assistant Director of Baseball Operations to Director of Baseball Operations. In his new role Graves will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Baseball Operations Department.<\/p>\n
Doug Strange will return to his prior role as a Special Assistant to the General Manager but will have an increased role in the Development Department as an evaluator\/advisor as well as handling scouting assignments at the amateur and professional level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Less than a week after extending General Manager Neal Huntington to a three-year deal with a club option for 2015, the Pirates today announced several promotions in the Baseball Operations Department. \u201cEach of these individuals has played an integral part in our building process to date,\u201d said Huntington. \u201cWe believe each person is ready for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1563,1564,926,425,619],"class_list":["post-7593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-professional","tag-greg-smith","tag-kyle-stark","tag-neal-huntington","tag-pirates","tag-pittsburgh"],"yoast_head":"\n