Well, it looks like Jerry
Reinsdorf’s loyalty and generosity has reached its limit. Reports are the White Sox will cut back in
the scouting department by season’s end.
Talk about stupid.
The Sox front office apparently
has convinced itself that analytics makes this all possible, that you don’t
need guys—alas, the South Side employs no female scouts—going to Podunk in
search of the next Mickey Mantle as long as you have the right analytics in
place. Sorry, but if COVID-19 is going
to muck up drafts for the next year or two, you’re going to need your “bird
dogs” more than ever.
Hey, here’s an idea that could
save money while doing scouting in a new way—watch as many games as possible on
cable or streaming, be it college or minors or majors. Put your scouts in a suite of rooms at the
ballpark, and let them do their thing.
The money saved on travel there could then be used to scout high school
the old-fashioned way.
Reinsdorf told Bob Nightengale of
USA Today that, between the Sox and Bulls and United Center, he’s looking at
losses “in the nine figures,” to which I say, Boo-hoo. Reinsdorf should either take out a loan or
sell one or both of his teams. That, and
suck it up like everyone else these days.
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