Well, the only way we get through it every day is by convincing ourselves nobody is listening because otherwise we would be petrified.

Why do you think I'm doing it?

Good morning and welcome to episode 164 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast from Baseball Perspectus. I'm Sam Miller with Ben Lindbergh and today we're actually joined by a guest.

Dan Evans is a columnist for Baseball Perspectus. He is a longtime baseball man. He is the guy who drafted Matt Kemp in the sixth round when he was the GM of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

And he as of a few weeks ago is the proud owner of two new titles. He is the Commissioner of the Northern League and independently.

And he is something for the Toronto Blue Jays. Although he's, Dan is kind of at that level where you never quite know exactly what his job is.

So, Dan, can you kind of give us an idea of what your job is going to be for the Blue Jays?

Well, first of all, it's great to join you guys. I really have enjoyed your podcast and really enjoyed working with you guys for the last year.

I'm in a great spot with the Blue Jays guys. They are very, I would say, revolutionary organization when it comes to scouting and really respect veteran opinions of which I guess I'm a veteran now.

And Alex Enthopoulos and Perry Manation approached me and asked me if I'd like to have a wide ranging role where I evaluate a lot of major league minor league players.

I'll go through our organization in depth starting in April. And to be honest with you guys, whatever they need me to do, I'm ready.

Right now, I'm in spring training, watching all of the 15 clubs train a zero in on five or six teams in particular. I don't know as well as the others.

But candidly, there's been a really fun whirlwind first month. And as I was told in San Francisco over the weekend, I think I have to get a larger business card.

You have done just about everything. In fact, before this, you were working as a player agent, so you've pretty much now been on every side of the game, right?

Yeah, and you know what, it's really been fun. I just have to be really honest with you.

Being able to wear all those different hats over the course of my career has been really enjoyable, very rewarding, but it also gives me a real keen feel for both sides of the table.

Having been an agent for four years gave me extraordinary insight as to what's going on and how the 30 organizations are doing things.

Give me a great awareness of the major league, minor league, international and amateur markets, because you just have to focus on all of them.

But really, what I've been able to do, and luckily, I've been able to do a lot of different roles. And you know, one thing I've never been accused of is having a boring profession.

And a lot of people get locked into roles, and they just wake up every day, and they do it the same way every day.

What I've been able to do over the course of three decades is do a lot of different things at every different level.

And you know, guys, that gives me a real solid feel for what's going on and how it gets done, and that makes it a lot of fun for me.

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