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December 11, 2007
Tim Naehring
From the Cincy Enquirer last week -
Tim Naehring, former player development director for the Reds, has been hired as a major league scout by the New York Yankees.
The move became official as baseball's Winter Meetings opened here.
Naehring ran the Reds' player development department under Jim Bowden and then Dan O'Brien. He was moved to minor league field coordinator under general manager Wayne Krivsky.
The Reds fired Naehring in September.
Naehring, a La Salle High and Miami University graduate, considered getting out of baseball.
"I told someone in the game that," Naehring said. "He said, 'Don't send out any résumés. Don't call anyone. If you start hearing from the top organizations in baseball, you should probably stay in the game.' "
Naehring heard from the Yankees shortly thereafter. New York ended up giving him a two-year contract.
Naehring played for the Boston Red Sox for seven years. Is it a little odd working for the Yankees now?
"Obviously, I have a lot of ties to the Red Sox," he said. "But it would have been different working for the Cubs after working for the Reds."
Naehring is the replacement for Jeff Wetherby. It will be interesting to see if there's a noticeable change in the Yankees advance scouting efforts next year with Naehring in place.
Posted by Steve Lombardi at December 11, 2007 10:19 AM