Dan Evans

Who is Dan Evans?

Daniel P. Evans is an American Major League Baseball executive and baseball expert. He is a top scout for the Toronto Blue Jays, Commissioner of the Northern League of Professional Baseball and President and CEO of Evans Baseball Consulting. In addition, Evans authors a column "108 Stitches" for Baseball Prospectus and serves on their Advisory Board. Evans, a Chicago native, formerly was the former President and CEO of Paragon Sports International and West Coast Sports Management, both baseball representation firms. He has been in baseball his whole career, starting as an intern with the Chicago White Sox while a junior at DePaul University. Evans was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2001 to 2004, and rebuilt the Dodgers entire baseball organization after it had sunk to a rating of 28th within MLB as he inherited the team. Among his draftees were All-Star outfielder Matt Kemp. Within two years, the Dodgers set franchise records for pitching and defense, and the organization elevated its ranking to 2nd overall.