CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Indians have promoted Koby Perez to be their new Director of Latin American Baseball Operations. He replaces Ramon Pena, who recently left the organization after five years.
Pena hired Perez in 2014 as an international scout with an emphasis on Venezuela. Before joining the Indians, he scouted for Boston, St. Louis and Philadelphia. He was the Phillies' scouting supervisor in the Dominican Republic and was in charge of their baseball academy. The experience should serve him well because the Indians are moving into a new academy in the Dominican later this year.