SCOUTING
GregLonigroentershisfirstseasonasArizona’sNortheasternRegionalSupervisoraftertwoyearsasitsEast-ernSupervisorandnineseasonsasanareascout.HejoinedtheD-backsin1998,coveringNewYork,WestVirginiaandPennsylvania.Thisishis22ndyearinprofessionalbaseball. In1986,LonigrowasdraftedbytheCincinnatiRedsinthefirstround(seventhoverall)outof FloridaJuniorCollege.Heplayedpartsof sixseasonintheReds’organizationbeforebeingtradedtotheChicagoWhiteSoxin1992,alsoseeingtimewiththeChicagoCubsandFloridaMarlinsbeforeendinghisplayingcareerin1995.HemakeshishomeinConnellsville,Pa.
GREG LONIGRONortheastern Regional Supervisor
SteveMcAllisterentershisfirst seasonas theD-backs’MidwesternRegionalSupervisorafter fouryearsasCentralSupervisor.Heworkedasafull-timescountintheMidwestregionfromfrom2002-2004. McAllisterhasbeeninvolvedinprofessionalbaseballforthepast28years,firstasaplayerandthenasascout.In1981,hewasdraftedoutof BradleyUniversityastheHoustonAstros’fifth-roundselection.Heplayedsixseasonsintheminorleaguesbeforestartinghisscoutingcareer.HehaspreviouslyscoutedtheMidwestfortheMilwaukeeBrewers,CaliforniaAngelsandtheBostonRedSox. McAllisterisaninducteeinboththeChillicothe(Ill.)HighSchoolAthleticHallof FameandtheBradleyUni-versityAthleticHallof Fame.
HowardMcCulloughentershisfirstseasonastheD-backs’SoutheasternRegionalSupervisorafterservingasascoutsincejoiningtheclubinOctober,1995.Hepreviouslyspent10yearswiththeBostonRedSox,servingasanationalscoutin1993-94.HewasnamedtheD-backsScoutof theYearin2005,wasinductedintotheMid-AtlanticAssociationScoutsHallof Famein2007andwillbeinductedintotheToppsBaseballCompanyProfessionalBaseballScoutsHallof Famein2009,withhisplaquetobedisplayedatJosephP.Riley,Jr.ParkinCharleston,S.C. McCulloughwasthepitchingcoachfortheUniversityof NorthCarolinafrom1982-85afterservingastheheadcoachforWebbHighSchoolinOxford,N.C.,from1978-81.HeplayedtwoyearsatLouisburg(N.C.)JuniorCollegeandtwoyearsandEastCarolinaUniversity,earninghisMaster’sdegreeineducationfromECUin1977. McCulloughmakeshishomeinGreenville,N.C.,withhiswife,Eva.Thecouplehasason,Clayton,whoman-agestheLansingLugnuts(A)intheTorontoBlueJays’organization.
BobMinorentershisthirdseasonasArizona’sWesternSupervisorafterspending25yearswiththeNewYorkMets.HestartedthereinNovember1981,spending13yearsasanareascoutand12yearsasacrosschecker. MinorresidesinGardenGrove,Calif.,withhiswife,Patty,andtwosons,JimmyandBilly.
STEVE McALLISTERMidwestern Regional Supervisor
HOWARD McCULLOUGHSoutheastern Regional Supervisor
BOB MINORWestern Regional Supervisor
ORGANIZATIONAL SCOUTSINTeRNATIONAL SCOUTING
INTeRNATIONAL SCOUTS
JuniorNoboawaspromotedtoSpecialAssistanttotheGeneralManager,LatinAmericanOperationsonFeb.20,2007,afterservingastheDirector,LatinAmericaOperationssinceOctober2003.HealsoworksastheDirectorof theD-backs’baseballacademyintheDominicanRepublic. Hewastheorganization’sfirstinternationalhireinAugust1995andamonthlatersignedtheorganization’sfirsttwoplayers.In1997,hewasthefirstrecipientof theRolandHemondAward,bestoweduponamemberof thebaseballdepartmentwhobestexemplifiesthe“Diamondback”approachtotheirwork.In1999,NoboasignedGeraldoGuzman,acarpenterwhohadnotplayedprofessionallysince1992butwentontopitchin17gamesfortheDiamondbacksfrom2000-01.
JUNIOR NOBOASpecial Assistant to the General Manager/Director of Latin Operations
JimMarshallcontinuestoserveastheclub’sSeniorAdvisor,PacificRimOperations,arolehehasfilledsincecomingon-boardin1996.HismaindutyistomaintainrelationswithbaseballorganizationsinAustralia,Japan,KoreaandTaiwan.HealsoworksasamajorleagueandadvancescoutfortheD-backs. Marshallplayedinthebigleaguesfrom1958-62,loggingtimewiththeBaltimoreOrioles,ChicagoCubs,SanFranciscoGiants,theoriginal1962NewYorkMetsandthePittsburghPirates.HemanagedtheChicagoCubsfrom1974-76andtheOaklandAthleticsin1979. HisfirstvisittoJapanwasin1960aspartof agoodwilltourwiththeGiants.Threeyearslater,hesignedwiththeChunichiDragonsof theJapaneseCentralLeagueandhit.268with78homerunsand252RBIoverthreecampaigns.
JIM MARSHALLSenior Advisor, Pacific Rim Operations
Makoto(Mack)HayashientershissecondseasonwiththeArizonaDiamondbacksasDirector,PacificRimOperations.HayashiscoutsplayersinAustralia,Japan,KoreaandTaiwanwhilealsomaintainingrelationshipswithteamsinprofessionalbaseballleaguesinthosecountries. PriortojoiningtheD-backs,HayashispenteightyearsworkingforagentAlanNero,whohadaninroadamongagentsforadvisingplayersfromJapan.HayashiwascreditedwithmaintainingNero’sstrongclientbaseinJapanwithplayerssuchasSeattleMariners’catcherKenjiJohjimaandTampaBayRays’infielderAkinoriIwamuraandAmericanandLatinplayersthatplayedinJapan. TheJapanese-bornHayashiattendedtheprestigiousKeioUniversityinTokyo.Heandhiswife,Eriko,resideinAlisoViejo,Calif.,withtheirdaughtersLilyandSakura.
MACK HAYASHIDirector, Pacific Rim Operations
ColombiaLuis Gonzalez Arteaga
MexicoMike Sgobba (Coordinator)
Dominican RepublicLuis Baez (Supervisor)
Rafael MateoJose Ortiz
NicaraguaJulio Sanchez
PanamaJose Diaz Perez
Puerto RicoJuan Gonzalez
Homer NewlinFL
FULL TIme SCOUTS
PART-TIme
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ORGANIZATIONAL SCOUTSmAjOR LeAGUe SCOUTS
Rico Brogna Mike Brown Carlos GomezBill EarnhartJoe Bohringer
Ray BlancoSouth Florida, Puerto Rico
Rodney DavisAZ, UT, CO,
NM, NV
Trip CouchSouthern Texas,
Southern Louisiana
Darold BrownNorthern California
Shawn BartonWV, VA, MD,
PA, DE, So. NJ
Mike DaughtryIL, IN, MI, MN, WI, SD, ND, (Canada)
Frankie ThonTN, KY, OH, MI
Matt MerulloNew England,
NY, Northern NJ
Hal KurtzmanCentral California (L.A. County to
Long Beach)
Jason KaregeannesNorth Texas,
North Louisiana, Oklahoma
Jim DedrickWA, OR, ID, MT,
WY, AK, HI
T.R. LewisGA, MS, AL
Joe RobinsonAR, IA,
KS, MO, NE
George SwainNC, SC
Matt SmithAZ, UT, CO,
NM, NV
Jeff MousserSouthernCalifornia
Kevin Jarvis Mike Piatnik Mike SgobbaTim SchmidtMuzzy Jackson
Luke WrennFL
TheD-backsselectedUniversityof Arizona left-handedpitcherDanielSchlerethwiththe26thoverallpick inthefirstround.Arizonaalsocontinuedtofocusitsdraftselectionsoncollege-levelplayers,pickingsomeonefromthecollegeranksfor39of their51picks.Theorganizationchose33playersfromfour-yearcollegesandeightfromjuniorandcommunitycolleges.Arizonadrafted10highschoolprospects.TheD-backsinked21of theirfirst30selectionsand29of 50playersoverall.
Round No. Player Position School 1 26 Daniel Schlereth LHP University of Arizona *S 43 Wade Miley LHP Southeastern Louisiana University 2 73 Bryan Shaw RHP California State University-Long Beach 3 104 Kevin Eichhorn RHP Aptos HS, Aptos, Calif. 4 138 Ryne White OF Purdue University 5 168 Collin Cowgill CF University of Kentucky 6 198 Justin Parker SS Wright State University 7 228 Miles Reagan RHP El Capitan HS, Lakeside, Calif. 8 258 Patrick McAnaney LHP University of Virginia 9 288 Brett Moorhouse RHP Indian River CC, Fort Pierce, Fla. 10 318 DanielHultzen LHP St.AlbansHS,Washington,DC 11 348 Kyle Green 3B Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, Idaho 12 378 RobertWebb RHP HeathHS,Heath,Ohio 13 408 Winston Linton CF University of California-Irvine 14 438 Trevor Harden RHP New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, N.M. 15 468 Robert Stone OF Montgomery HS, Montgomery, Texas 16 498 RyanHughes LHP ChabotCollege,Hayward,Calif. 17 528 Ryan Babineau C UCLA 18 558 SamuelBrown RHP NorthCarolinaStateUniversity 19 588 Joseph Gautier LHP Bethune Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Fla. 20 618 Jordan Meaker RHP Dallas Baptist University 21 648 Bryan Woodall RHP Auburn University 22 678 JustinLaTempa RHP GoldenWestCollege,HungtingtonBeach,Calif. 23 708 MatthewLong OF SantaClaraUniversity 24 738 Nelson Gomez 3B Keyston College, La Plume, Penn. 25 768 JoshuaSpence LHP CentralArizonaCollege,Coolidge,Ariz. 26 798 AlexSogard LHP NorthCarolinaStateUniversity 27 828 Ryan Cook RHP University of Southern California 28 858 AdamSmith SS KleinHS,Klein,Texas 29 888 TravisMeiners SS DesMoinesAreaCC,DesMoines,Iowa 30 918 Daniel Rodriguez CF Miami Dade CC-Kendall, Miami Fla. 31 948 TaylorCole RHP Collegeof SouthernNevada,LasVegas,Nev. 32 978 RiccioTorrez SS BrophyCollegePrepHS,Phoenix,Ariz. 33 1008 LukeMurton 1B GeorgiaTech 34 1038 Jacob Elmore SS Arizona State University 35 1068 Chris Davis C University of Central Arkansas 36 1098 Terry Hose RHP East Carolina University 37 1128 SandersCommings CF WestsideHS,Augusta,Georgia 38 1158 Jesse Orosco RHP Grossmont College, El Cajon, Calif. 39 1188 KyleGodfrey LHP WabashValleyCollege,Mt.Carmel,Ill. 40 1218 DouglasWall LHP WestsideHS,Houston,Texas 41 1248 Brendan Duffy CF Oral Roberts University 42 1278 ErikStavert RHP ChabotCollege,Hayward,Calif. 43 1308 Clayton Suss RHP Miami Dade CC-Homestead, Miami, Fla. 44 1338 David Cooper SS Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, N.C. 45 1365 JeremyRathjen OF MemorialHS,Houston,Texas 46 1392 Dan Kauffman 1B Juniata College, Huntingdon, Penn. 47 1419 AndrewMaggi SS BrophyCollegePrepHS,Phoenix,Ariz. 48 1446 CecilRichardson OF SacramentoCityCollege,Sacramento,Calif. 49 1473 WilliamsArgo CF AssumptionHS,Davenport,Iowa 50 1500 SeanKoecheler RHP PalmBeachCC,LakeWorth,Fla.
Boldface indicates signed. *Sandwichpickbetweenfirstandsecondrounds.
2008 FIRST-YeAR PLAYeR DRAFT
