The Coquitlam Reds are a youth baseball team located in the city of Coquitlam , British Columbia . The team was founded in 1977, and joined the B.C. Premier Baseball League in 1999.
6-676: Bill Green has been the manager of the Reds since 1985, and is a member of the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau . The team plays their home games at Mundy Park . The Reds' most famous alumnus is former Major League All-Star and National League MVP Larry Walker . In a 2013 interview with the Vancouver Province , Walker discussed his time with the Reds: I think it got me prepared for what I
12-561: The First-Year Player Draft . The MLBSB also provides professional scouting services, including the collection of video footage of players throughout the professional ranks, both domestically and internationally." It maintains an eligibility file on amateur players — many of them teenagers — and holds 35 tryout camps each June in its countries of operation. The current MLBSB was founded in 1974 by outgoing Milwaukee Brewers general manager Jim Wilson , and became part of
18-822: The Minnesota Twins in 2005), and pitcher Curtis Taylor (drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2016). Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau The Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau is a centralized scouting resource that operates under the auspices of the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball . Headquartered in Ontario, California , the MLBSB's efforts supplement the independent, proprietary amateur and professional scouting operations of
24-540: The 30 Major League Baseball clubs. In 2012, the MLBSB employed 34 full-time and 13 part-time scouts in the United States , Canada and Puerto Rico . In 2010, it announced plans to expand its activities beyond Puerto Rico to other countries in Latin America . According to MLB.com, the MLBSB's scouts "provide information on amateur prospects as a part of its mission to support the efforts of MLB clubs in
30-614: The commissioner's office in 1985. However, its roots date to the founding by Major League owners of the Central Scouting Bureau in 1968, a period of time when many big league clubs were downsizing their scouting departments. The CSB's first director was Jim Fanning , former farm and scouting director of the Atlanta Braves . In August 1968, Fanning resigned after seven months with the CSB to become general manager of
36-534: Was getting into. It’s quite a few years ago now, but I believe we were playing like 65 games and that was a big deal back then. It got me prepared for doing a cannonball into the world of pro baseball." More recent Reds players include third baseman Shawn Bowman (drafted by the New York Mets in 2002), Matt Rogelstad (signed by the Seattle Mariners in 2003), outfielder Rene Tosoni (drafted by
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