Well, it is official.
Today, the Washington Nationals officially announce three hirings to the scouting department: Danny Haas — Vice President, of Amateur Scouting; Brad Ciolek — Senior Director, of Amateur Scouting and Reed Dunn — Assistant Director and National Crosschecker, Amateur Scouting.
Here are their official bios:
Danny Haas, 47, joins the Nationals after spending the previous five seasons (2019–23) as a special assignment scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Prior to his time with Arizona, Haas worked for the Baltimore Orioles from 2012–18, first as a national crosschecker (2012–14) before being promoted to special assistant to the executive vice president of baseball operations (2015–18). He worked for the Boston Red Sox from 2002 to 2011, spending the final six seasons (2006–11) as a regional crosschecker, and in 2004, was named Boston’s Scout of the Year. He joined the scouting ranks with the Red Sox in 2002 after a five-year professional career from 1997 to 2001. A native of Paducah, Kentucky, Haas played college baseball at both the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. He was selected by the Red Sox in the 18th round of the 1997 First-Year Player Draft out of Louisville where he earned a degree in criminal justice.
Brad Ciolek, 37, spent the last 12 years as a member of the Baltimore Orioles scouting department, most recently as their director of draft operations (2022–23). Prior to that role, he served as their supervisor of domestic scouting operations (2019–22), assistant director of scouting (2017–19) and scouting administrator (2013–16). He joined the Orioles in 2011 as a player development intern at their complex in Sarasota, Florida. Prior to joining Baltimore, he spent four seasons (2007–10) with the New York Mets and one year (2012) as an analyst for Bloomberg Sports. Ciolek graduated from Seton Hall University in 2009 with a degree in business administration and earned his Master of Business Administration in computer information systems from Colorado State University in 2017.
Reed Dunn, 39, returns to the Nationals after working in the Atlanta Braves amateur scouting department from 2014–2023, most recently as their East Coast crosschecker. Dunn’s regional scouting coverage included the drafting of players such as Michael Harris II, Austin Riley, Ian Anderson, and Kyle Wright, among others. Dunn began his career in baseball with the Washington Nationals in 2007 as a scouting assistant, a role he held until 2009 when he was promoted to scouting coordinator. He was promoted to area scout in 2010 and spent the next four years covering amateur players in Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. Dunn graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2007 with a degree in sports management.
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