PADDY WINS SABR'S HEMOND AWARD

The Society for American Baseball Research's Scouts Research Committee has announced White Sox international scouting director Marco Paddy as the recipient of its annual Roland Hemond Award.

Paddy, 56, broke into baseball as a Braves area scout in 1994 and ascended to their director of Latin American operations in 2004 before moving on to the Blue Jays and White Sox in similar roles. He has overseen the signings of such players as José Abreu, Henderson Alvarez, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Luis Robert Jr. and Fernando Tatis Jr.

The award honors both Paddy and Hemond, who spent seven decades working in baseball, winning World Series championships with the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the 2005 White Sox. He probably helped more scouts (and more baseball people in general) than anyone else in the history of the game.

Hemond co-founded the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation to provide financial assistance to those who had fallen on hard times. He also worked to find college scholarships for scouts and other people connected to baseball who wanted to further their educations, and he persuaded owners to approve a pension plan for non-uniformed personnel.

Hemond died at age 92 in December 2021. Mentioning his name is still a guaranteed way to get a smile out of anyone who knew him.

source  MLB.com  Jim Callis

Edited May 30, 20232 yr by caulfield12

Congratulations! Marco is the primary person in the White Sox organization who should be promoted and retained with new ownership. 

He should be VP - Player Personnel