THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays continued to remake their scouting department by hiring four new people and promoting three others on Thursday.
Joining the club are Gary Rajsich as professional crosschecker, Brandon Mozley as a regional crosschecker, Brian Parker as a professional scout and Dan Cox as an area scout.
Tom Burns, Dan Cholowsky and Matt Briggs were promoted to regional crosscheckers.
Rajsich was a pro scout with the Texas Rangers the past three seasons and spent 12 years with the Boston Red Sox before that.
Mozley rejoins the Blue Jays after three seasons with the Chicago Cubs. He signed top prospect Travis Snider during his first stint in Toronto.
Parker had been director of baseball operations for the Washington Nationals, assisting in all areas of team business. He was co-ordinator of scouting during Montreal’s final season in 2004.
Cox served as an area scout for the Minnesota Twins from 2005-08 and the Atlanta Braves this year. He’ll be responsible for scouting Southern California and Hawaii.
Burns has been with the Blue Jays since 2004 and has signed several players currently in the system, most notably lefty Brett Cecil.
Briggs also joined the club in 2004 and signed leading prospects J.P. Arencibia, Brad Emaus and 2009 first-rounder Chad Jenkins.
Cholowsky joined the Blue Jays in 2006 and players he’s signed include lefty Brad Mills.
