Matt Blood, who was hired in November, 2018, to be the Rangers Director of Player Development, and then was shifted to “Director of Baseball Innovation” in August, has joined the Baltimore Orioles as their Director of Player Development, the Orioles announced on Twitter today. The Orioles announcement says that Blood “will spearhead staff recruitment, technology programs, and player development strategies through the minor leagues.”
The Blood hiring by the Rangers was characterized as an “outside-the-box” hiring by Levi Weaver, when he wrote about the changes that included Blood’s reassignment in August.