JOE TORRE, BLACK SOX OWNER:
413 Transactions Facilitated in 2018-2019.
Players promoted to top 4 Leagues or MiLB in 2019 = 24
47 Teams in the past 2 years have signed our players (NOT including the Pecos League) but including 5 MLB Clubs and 5 Atlantic League Clubs.
25+ teams have played us in Spring Training , 21 in the top 4 leagues in the USA.
2009 Played SS for Riccione Dolphins Italian Baseball League at 25 years old with no college or high school experience.
2012 First Base Coach, El Paso Diablos, American Association working under Tim Johnson and Carlos Lezcano.
2013 Started the Black Sox Barnstorming Road Warrior Tour vs Newark Bears (Managed by Gary Templeton Jr)
2012-2014 Northeast Advisor to Fred Ferreira, International Scouting Director for the Baltimore Orioles. Fred was scout of the year in 2013.
2014 Played in the IBL Pre-Season and with the Adrian Pioneers in July. Black Sox had a winning record in Spring Training and began regularly signing Tour players.
2015: Black Sox expand and play vs Pacific Association Teams, Managed by Gary Templeton Jr (Vallejo Admirals) and Aaron Miles (Pittsburg Diamonds). Also played games vs American Association teams (Fargo, Sioux Falls, Joplin)
2016: Add Frontier League and Can-Am League games to the tour.
2016: Starts working for Gary Southshore Rail Cats under Manager Greg Tagert, has first scout day events in NJ to sign players to MLB/Indy Clubs
2017: Black Sox add the Atlantic teams to the tour (New Britain, Lancaster
2017— 2018: Player Coach for Pittsburg Diamonds under Aaron Miles
2019: Player/ Coach for Vallejo Admirals under PJ Phillips
PJ PHILLIPS, VALLEJO ADMIRALS MANGER:
Former AAA Player and 3rd year Vallejo Admirals Manager PJ Phillips has been on board thru the last 2 years for Florida and the Full Road Warrior Tour. PJ helps evaluate and give honest scouting reports to coaches and Managers on the Tour and throughout the year to help us promote the most players in the USA.
CARLOS LEZCANO:
Player Developer, Carlos Lezcano, has 25+ years of experience within the MiLB and Independent Baseball Leagues. He last managed the Joplin Blasters of the American Association in 2015. Carlos has over 20 years of managerial experience including 1,012 victories and a winning percentage of .525 in affiliated baseball where he managed for Seattle, San Francisco, Milwaukee and San Diego. He also managed in the Mexican League and the Puerto Rican Winter League. He recently coached in the California and Arizona Winter Leagues as an Indy Manager as well. In 2020, Lezcano will help coordinate with the Latin players in his 6th year with Joe Torre and the Black Sox.
DENNIS PELFREY, HIGH A GIANTS MANAGER:
Dennis Pelfrey, High A Giants Manager for 2020. Dennis is the former Manager for the Florence Freedom that plays in the Frontier League. He had two championship runs with Florence and has helped sign three of our player to MLB Clubs in 2019 and four in the past two years. Pelfrey's career spans from four seasons coaching for the Gary South Shore RailCats under Veteran Indy Pro Manager Greg Tagert (which included a 2013 American Association Championship) to playing six seasons of professional baseball, the majority of those seasons in The Frontier League from 1999-2004, and after a Collegiate career at Northwood University - Texas. Pelfrey not only brings his vast baseball knoweldge, but he also trains the athletes on the mindset of playing winning baseball, from a player's and an Indy Manager's standpoint.
ANTHONY SANTIAGO, CHICAGO WHITE SOX:
Latin/Cultural Development Coordinator: Anthony Santiago This is cool! This is a new job, or at least, a new job title. Anthony is the younger brother of Hector Santiago, former White Sox and current Twins screwballer, and was signed by the Sox in 2012. While his pitching career didn’t last, the Sox clearly saw something in him and retained him as a coach. He’s only 27 years old, but the players that come out of Latin America are often much younger than that, so he’ll be able to relate to them well. It’s nice to see the Sox try to take a more involved role with this. Link to career stats: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=623968#/career/R/pitching/2014/ALL
CHAD RHODES, MIAMI MARLINS:
MLB National Pitching Coach / Former Marlins Rehab Pitching Coordinator, Chad Rhodes.
BRIAN WHITE, FLORENCE YALLS MANAGER:
JUAN RIVERA:
YUTA OKAZAKI:
Black Sox Consultant — Orlando, Florida. AAA Top Level Performance.