"Todd W. Claus" is an American baseball scout (sports)/scout. On November 11, 2009, he was named to the international scouting staff of the Boston Red Sox. He also has been an infielder, coach (baseball)/coach, manager (baseball)/manager and scout (sports)/advance scout in professional baseball, and an assistant coach in college baseball. A switch hitter who threw right-handed, Claus stands tall and weighs .

Claus was born at Endicott, New York. He graduated from Cardinal Gibbons High School (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)/Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and attended Seminole Community College, Indian River Community College and the University of North Florida, where he played varsity baseball and received a bachelor's degree in management.

Claus signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (then the California Angels) as a non-drafted free agent in 1991 and played three seasons of minor league baseball, primarily as a second baseman, and peaking in 1993 with 18 games and 42 at bats with the Midland Angels of the Class AA Texas League. Overall, he batting average/batted .204 in 549 professional at bats, with three home runs and 32 runs batted in.

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Absolutely, we'll be competitive. You'll be saying a lot of the same things you could say about last year's team -- they're prepared, professional, and they come to compete every day.

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He's a good bunter and (David) Murphy's a good runner. They had a chance to get him. That's a tough play for him to flip the ball with the glove.

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I think we've gotten to the point where we're going to have competition in the organization.

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I don't think anyone questions his future. This is just a process we feel, as an organization, he needs to go through before he's ready to contribute at the level he's capable of.

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Playing .500 for the first week of the season on the road. I think we can take a lot of positives out of that. I think our team chemistry is really good. We have a lot of energy.

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Prospect is just that -- it's a word. It has no meaning whatsoever to me. It's my job to build a cohesive unit and get the most out of each and every player.

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I was pleased with his mound presence. I think he felt in command the whole time. The box score was not indicative of that, but he didn't give up a run.

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It?s almost like in extended spring training right now. Guys are trying to find their identity and most guys are trying too hard at this point. There are going to be some mistakes, but I like the way we came out and swung the bats.

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He's got an electric arm. He's got electric stuff. We've seen him get up to 96 [mph], with a 90-mph slider. He hasn't been consistent with that stuff, but in a short amount of time, he's shown major-league stuff, without question.

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