Billy Gasparino
Billy Gasparino is the Vice-President in charge of Amateur Scouting for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
Playing career
Gasparino attended Oklahoma State University (OSU), where he played college baseball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team as an infielder.{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/dodgers-appoint-gasparino-scouting-director/|title=Dodgers Appoint Gasparino As Scouting Director |last=Longenecker |first=Clint |work=baseballamerica.com |date=November 8, 2014 |accessdate=January 17, 2016}} In 1997, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League.{{cite news | last =Bradstreet | first =Douglas P. | title = Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox 0-4 But Optimistic | pages = 21 | newspaper = Yarmouth Register | location = Yarmouth, MA | date = June 19, 1997 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/apa/yarmouth/sharedview.article.aspx?href=DPLTR%2F1997%2F06%2F19&id=Ar02100&sk=EEAB122F&viewMode=image }}{{cite web|url=https://cdthoms.shinyapps.io/CCBL/ |title=Player Stats |publisher=Cape Cod Baseball League |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2023}} He was drafted out of OSU by the Colorado Rockies in the 17th round (520th overall) of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft.{{cite web |url=http://padres360.com/2013/07/26/a-chat-with-padres-director-of-scouting-billy-gasparino/|title=A Chat with Padres Director of Scouting – Billy Gasparino |last=McBrayer |first=Wayne |work=padres360.com |date=July 26, 2013 |accessdate=January 17, 2016}} He hit .260/.373/.388 in his lone minor league (MiLB) career.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Scouting career
=San Diego Padres (2012–2014)=
In the fall of 2010, Gasparino was hired by the San Diego Padres from the Toronto Blue Jays to serve the position as the national crosschecker.{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-name-gasparino-director-of-scouting/c-37717144|title=Padres name Gasparino director of scouting |work=mlb.com |date=September 1, 2012 |access-date=January 17, 2016}} Afterwards, in 2012, Gasparino was promoted out of his crosschecker position to become their director of scouting.{{cite web |url=http://www.okstate.com/news/2012/9/6/Gasparino_Named_Padres_Scouting_Director.aspx|title=Gasparino Named Padres Scouting Director |work=okstate.com |date=September 6, 2012 |accessdate=January 17, 2016}}
=Los Angeles Dodgers=
On November 7, 2014, Gasparino was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers.{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-dodgers-gabe-kapler-20141107-story.html|title=Dodgers hire Gabe Kapler as farm director, Billy Gasparino as scouting director |last=Dilbeck |first=Steve |work=latimes.com |date=November 7, 2014 |accessdate=January 17, 2016}}
Under Gasparino as scouting director, the Dodgers have drafted current players such as Walker Buehler, Dustin May, Will Smith, Tony Gonsolin, Edwin Rios, Gavin Lux, Matt Beaty, and Mitchell White.
Other draftees under Gasparino include Devin Smeltzer, Luke Raley, Andre Scrubb, A.J. Alexy, Dean Kremer, Connor Wong, Zach Pop and Rylan Bannon, all of whom were used in trades to acquire key veterans.