From 2009 until 2016, Perry Minasian was an employee for the Toronto Blue Jays. He served as their director of professional scouting, and he very likely kept tabs with his former organization for many years after he left Toronto alongside Alex Anthopolous to join the Atlanta Braves. Minasian is known for making myriad trades and scooping up many discarded Braves players as the head honcho of the Angels.
Blue Jays just DFA'd a nightmare target for Angels, Perry Minasian
Alek Manoah did not overlap with Minasian, as the pitcher was drafted a couple years after the now-Angels general manager departed Toronto for Atlanta.