Special thanks to Stacy (@SlmSolo on twitter) for semi-live-tweeting the session on Thursday as Atlanta Braves‘ GM Alex Anthopoulos answered the questions of ticket-buyers along with CEO Terry McGwirk.
There’s a lot of good information posted about this event on her timeline, but I’m going to focus on just a few points:
Scouting
Think that might just be a passing comment? Guess again: here’s a line from AA’s Wikipedia page (emphasis added):
Anthopoulos was also instrumental in doubling the size of the Blue Jays’ scouting department, growing it to 54 scouts in various positions.