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From the Nationals:
“The Washington Nationals have officially reached an agreement with Paul Toboni to join the Club as its President of Baseball Operations.
Widely regarded as one of the best young executives in baseball, Toboni will bring a fresh voice to the organization, providing valuable experience in scouting and player development to build around the Nationals talented core of young star players.
Toboni comes to the Nationals from the Boston Red Sox,
where he most recently held the title of Senior Vice President, Assistant General Manager. In his time with Boston, Toboni oversaw player development at the Major and Minor League levels as well as the MLB First-Year Player Draft and was one of the key voices in the organization’s larger baseball operations strategy.
Toboni is credited with modernizing Boston’s Draft and player development process, integrating traditional scouting and coaching with data-informed decision-making. From 2022-23, he served as the Club’s Vice President of Amateur Scouting and Player Development, during which time he oversaw the selection and development of Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer and other top prospects.
Toboni rose rapidly through the ranks in Boston, having joined the Red Sox as a baseball operations intern in 2015 before he moved into the position of area scout in northern Texas and northern Louisiana. He served in the capacity of Assistant Director of Amateur Scouting from 2017-19 and was named Director of Amateur Scouting in 2019 at just 29 years old.
A native of San Francisco, Toboni received a bachelor’s degree in political economics at the University of California Berkeley, where he played baseball and was a member of the Bears’ 2011 College World Series team. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Notre Dame with a specialization in finance and analytics.”