Dan Evans (baseball)

Daniel P. Evans (born January 27, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) executive and baseball expert. A pioneer in the use of technology for baseball evaluation, Evans is a top scout for the Toronto Blue Jays, mentor for the Sports Management Worldwide "Baseball GM and Scouting" course, member of the Baseball Prospectus Advisory Board, serves on the Board of Directors for the SABR Rocky Mountain Chapter, and is President/CEO of Evans Baseball Consulting. Evans evaluates talent all over the world for the Blue Jays, and is responsible for their Pacific Rim Operations.

He was Commissioner of the Northern League of Professional Baseball in 2013. In addition, Evans authored a column "108 Stitches" for Baseball Prospectus until assuming his current role with the Blue Jays. Evans, a Chicago native, was the 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, rebuilt the Dodgers' entire baseball organization after it had sunk to a rating of 28th within MLB as he inherited the team, and was the primary architect of the Dodgers' 2004 West Division champions, their first playoff club in eight years. Evans' winning percentage (.546) as Dodgers' GM is the second-best in Los Angeles Dodgers history. Among his draftees were All-Star outfielder Matt Kemp and catcher Russell Martin. Within two years, the Dodgers set franchise records for pitching and defense, and the organization elevated its ranking to 2nd overall. While Dodgers' GM, Evans promoted the first Taiwanese player (Chin-Feng Chen) to the Major Leagues, and three of the first four Taiwanese big leaguers have direct ties to Evans.

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