2012 Media Guide - MLB.com - Colorado Rockies

Marc Gustafson
Senior Director - Scouting Operations
Marc Gustafson begins his 20th season with the organization. He was
named Senior Director of Scouting Operations on September 15th, 2011. Marc
was the Senior Director of Player Development from 2010 – 2011. He served as
the Director of Player Development from 2006 – 2009 and Assistant Director of
Player Development from 1997 – 2005. Prior to joining the front office, he was a
Rockies organizational trainer for five years.
Gus, 42, supervises and administers all amateur scouting personnel
throughout the season, manages the day-to-day operations of the Scouting
Department, organizes the First-Year Player Draft in June, serves as the area
scout for Colorado and Wyoming and evaluates other talent as assigned.
Marc and his wife, Amy, and their two sons, Jack (9) and Charlie (6), reside in Westminster. Born
September 14, 1969, Gus lettered in football, baseball and basketball at Eaton (CO) High School. His
great grandparents immigrated to Eaton and his family has lived there for four generations. He played
baseball at Doane College in Crete, NE and graduated from Colorado State University, earning a
Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise and Sport Science.
Rolando Fernandez
Senior Director - International Scouting
Rolando Fernandez begins his 20th season with the Rockies organization
and serves as the Senior Director of International Scouting. Rolando oversees all
aspects of International Scouting including player signings, scouting, player development
and day-to-day operations.
Some of the players he has signed include Rockies’ players Jhoulys Chacin,
Juan Nicasio, Esmil Rogers, Jonathan Herrera, Franklin Morales, Wilin Rosario
and Hector Gomez. Other Major League players include Ubaldo Jimenez, Alberto
Arias, Everth Cabrera, Pedro Strop and Aneury Rodriguez. According to a
Baseball America study in 2010, the Rockies’ Minor League system ranked second in all of baseball
behind the Yankees in overall International talent. In 2005, Rolando was honored as the Rockies’ Herb
Hippauf Scouting Award recipient. Prior to his current role, Rolando spent four seasons as the roving Latin
American Coordinator and in 1999, was named the Rockies’ Player Development “Man of the Year.”
Fernandez coached the Rockies’ Arizona Rookie League club from 1994-97 and Visalia for half the ‘93
season. Before joining the Rockies, the former outfielder played three years in the Chicago Cubs organization.
He was drafted by the Cubs in the 1990 June draft.
A 1990 graduate of Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Rolando has a Bachelor’s Degree in
Advertising. ‘Ro’ is married to Kim Velazquez and has two daughters, Sofia Camille and Adriana.
Tom Probst
Senior Director - Medical Operations & Special Projects
Tom Probst begins his first season as the club’s Senior Director – Medical
Operations and Special Projects, after six seasons as the club's Director of
Medical Operations.
"T.P.’s” job responsibilities include overseeing all medical personnel at both
the major and minor league levels as well as the workers compensation program
organization wide. He is also involved with the Scottsdale Spring Training, Grand
Junction and Dominican Republic (Boca Chica) facilities projects in an overview
of the Rockies interest in all three locations.
An original hire when the team began minor league play in 1992, Probst
worked in the training room for each of Colorado’s first 12 seasons. He served as assistant athletic trainer
from 1993-98 before being named the second head trainer in franchise history on October 27, 1998.
In 2003, he and Keith Dugger were named Major League Training Staff of the Year by their peers.
Probst was also selected to represent the National League as one of its trainers at the 2003 All-Star
Game in Chicago. Following the 2004 season, he toured Japan with the Major League Baseball All-Stars.
T.P. served as trainer for the franchise’s first group of draftees during a June, 1992, mini-camp. Later that
year, he was the trainer of the first team in organizational history, Bend in the Northwest League. The ‘92 campaign
marked a return to pro baseball for Probst, who also spent five years in the Montreal organization.
Tom previously served on the Executive Board of the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society
(PBATS). He was the NL representative for PBATS in 2002 and 2003 and the treasurer in 2004. In
December of 2004, he was asked to speak in Nagoya, Japan for JPBATS. Probst has been a member of
the MLB Workers Compensation Quality Council since 2005 and most recently has assisted with development
of the Electronic Medical Records system and Injury Surveillance System with MLB and participated
n the EMR Advisory Committee.
Probst has two degrees: one in Physical Education from Mankato State University (‘81) and a B.S.
in Physical Therapy from Florida International University (‘88).
He and his wife, Gina, reside in Littleton, CO with their three sons, Daniel, Nicholas and Christopher.
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