Sandy Alderson will work to
clean up MLB's operations
in the Dominican Republic |
Looking to clean-up several issues that have clouded over the player development system in the Dominican Republic, MLB commissioner Bud Selig today announced that longtime baseball executive Sandy Alderson will serve as a consultant to the league, focusing on the implementation of reform to the sport’s operations in the country.
According to the league, Alderson will focus on age falsification, the buscone culture, PED use, which has accounted for a large percentage of minor league drug suspensions over the past few years, and other unspecified “club issues”.
In 2009, Alderson served as the chairman of a committee that evaluated the operations of Major League Baseball and its 30 Clubs in the Dominican Republic . The committee, which was comprised of several current Major League general managers and representatives of Major League Baseball, produced a series of recommendations aimed at improving a variety of issues in the Dominican Republic.
“I am very pleased that Sandy Alderson has taken on this important assignment in our effort to address matters in the Dominican Republic,” Commissioner Selig said. “As both an accomplished baseball executive who understands the nature of this task and a distinguished ambassador for our game, Sandy is uniquely qualified to represent Major League Baseball.”
Alderson added, "I look forward to my new assignment in the Dominican Republic , where I have been involved in baseball matters for more than 25 years. Major League Baseball faces significant issues there, but all of them can be resolved favorably through the cooperative efforts of the Office of the Commissioner, the Major League Clubs and the government and the people of the Dominican Republic."
Alderson has an extensive background in baseball. He served as Major League Baseball ’s Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations from September 1998-April 2005. He spent 17 years with the Oakland Athletics, serving as General Manager from 1983-1997 and as Club President before joining the Office of the Commissioner. The A’s won four American League West titles, three A.L. pennants and the 1989 World Series during Alderson’s tenure. Alderson joined the San Diego Padres as Chief Executive Officer in April 2005 and worked in that capacity until last year. While Alderson was with San Diego , the Padres won two National League West championships.
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