Get To Know: John Manuel, Twins Pro Scout (Podcast)

[Seth Stohs]

John Manuel spent 21 years in a variety of roles at Baseball America. He did Twins prospect rankings, covered the College World Series and often appeared on MLB Network. After the 2017 season, Manuel left Baseball America to join the Twins organization as a pro scout. He recently joined the Get to Know 'Em Podcast.John Manuel grew up in North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina and wrote for the school paper. After a couple of jobs in baseball, he received an offer to work at Baseball America. He accepted and remained with the magazine for 21 years.

 

In his job, at various times he covered the draft, the College World Series, prospect rankings and eventually did all those things while being a co-editor-in-chief. He spent time on MLB Network and ESPN.

 

After the 2017 season, he was offered a job with the Twins as a pro scout. He covers the Carolinas.

 

In this week's episode, we caught up with Manuel and discussed a number of topics. We discusses his days at North Carolina. We talked about all of the roles he had through more than two decades at Baseball America. And we also discussed his role with the Twins and the pro scouting department. For fun, we talked about old Twins prospect rankings and much, much more in this hour-long conversation. You'll certainly enjoy it.

 

 

 

 

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PAST EPISODES

 

Episode 1: Get to know Niko Guardado (Actor and son of Eddie Guardado)

Episode 2: Get to know Pat Dean, Brent Rooker

Episode 3: Get to know Royce Lewis, AJ Achter

Episode 4: Get to know Devin Smeltzer

Episode 5: Get to know Jaylin Davis, Tyler Wells

Episode 6: Get to know: Travis Blankenhorn, LaMonte Wade

Episode 7: Get to know: Matt Wallner (and Ten Minutes with Tyler Wells)

Episode 8: Get to know: Caleb Hamilton, Austin Schulfer, Nick Anderson

Episode 9: Get to know: Andy Young, Billy Boyer (and Ten Minutes with Tyler)

Episode 10: Get to know: Wesley Wright (Twins Pro Scout)

 

 

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[operation mindcrime]

I'm glad he's in our organization! I hope he helps us find some gems!!!