New Angels general manager Perry Minasian is bringing three of his former co-workers to his new team. Per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, the Angels will hire Alex Tamin as an assistant GM, Dominic Chiti as a special assistant, and Rick Williams as a scout. All three were formerly employed by the Braves.
Tamin, Rosenthal notes, was also an assistant GM with the Braves, but his move to the Angels still qualifies as a promotion. Minasian, for example, ranked above Tamin with the Braves, despite the pair both holding the title of assistant GM. Minasian was the senior vice president of baseball operations and assistant GM, while Tamin held the sole title of assistant GM for major league operations. Tamin had previously been employed by the Dodgers as their director of baseball operations before moving to the Braves in December 2017. He has a solid reputation for his work with analytics in player evaluation.
Chiti, meanwhile, was reassigned from his role as director of player development at the end of the 2019 season, The Athletic’s David O’Brien reported at the time. Last season, he served as a scouting special assistant, presumably a role similar to the one he’ll take on with the Angels.
Rick Williams was the Rays pitching coach from 1998 to 2000, at which point he joined the front office as a special assistant to the GM. He spent seven years as a scout for the Yankees and joined the Braves in 2014 as a special assistant for pitching development. Williams, Chiti, and Tamin represent the first three hires of Minasian as the new GM of the Angels.
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