{
  "id": 18388922,
  "title": "Matt Roffe, who will oversee the Chicago White Sox drafts, aims to blend data with traditional scouting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/matt-roffe-who-will-oversee-the-chicago-white-sox-drafts-aims-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-05T22:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/matt-roffe-oversee-chicago-white-223100739.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Matt Roffe, a 30-year-old director of amateur scouting for the Chicago White Sox, is passionate about evaluating amateur players. Roffe, who spent five seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers (2022-26), was promoted to assistant director of amateur scouting this year. He highlighted the importance of collaborating with player development, research and development departments, and scouts to achieve great outcomes. Roffe's experience includes internships with the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks, as well as his time as a player personnel analyst with the Diamondbacks. He believes in empowering scouts and incorporating their subjective views on players alongside objective information. Roffe's goal is to combine various inputs into a single valuation for players. He is particularly excited to blend data with traditional scouting and raise the scouts' voices in the decision-making process.",
  "summary": "Major League Baseball’s amateur draft has been a lifelong passion for Matt Roffe. “Since I was a kid, I was going through draft manuals, Baseball America, things like that,” Roffe said during a video conference Thursday after the Chicago White Sox officially named him their new director of amateur scouting. “(I) just love evaluating players — especially amateur players. “I’m really excited, ...",
  "key_points": [
    "Matt Roffe, 30, oversees Chicago White Sox draft process",
    "Combines data with traditional scouting methods",
    "Aims to empower scouts and integrate their insights"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}