The White Sox have made their first move of the offseason, and it comes in the front office rather than on the field.
According to Katie Woo and Ken Rosenthal, Chicago has filled the vacancy left by Mike Shirley, who departed the organization under mysterious circumstances earlier this year. The team is bringing in Matt Roffe from the World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers to serve as its new scouting director.
Roffe had been the assistant director of domestic scouting in Milwaukee, an organization that has built a reputation for identifying and developing talent over the last decade. For the White Sox, that kind of hire makes sense. If you want to keep the pipeline flowing, the best place to shop is usually inside a successful operation.
He now steps into a significant role with Chicago, which has been strong in evaluating draft talent in recent years. Roffe has worked with several organizations during his short major league career, but according to Joe Doyle of Overslotbaseball.com, he played a key part in some of Milwaukee’s recent drafts.
One example Doyle pointed to was current top-100 prospect Josh Adamczewski, whom Roffe helped the Brewers draft in the 15th round in 2023. Turning a pick that late into a top-100 prospect is exactly the kind of scouting win that gets attention.
That’s the appeal here for the White Sox. If Roffe can help Chicago keep hitting on draft picks and continue stocking the system with talent, it could set them up for the kind of sustained success Milwaukee has enjoyed. The Brewers have been able to move good players and still win 100 games, and that model is exactly what a team like the White Sox would love to build.
The timing matters, too. Now that Chicago is winning, it won’t be sitting in the top 10 of the draft anymore.
That makes every pick more valuable, and it raises the pressure to keep finding talent year after year. With Chris Getz and the White Sox organization, Roffe will be expected to keep that eye for talent working in Chicago.
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