White Sox making changes in Scouting dept

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseb...0,1139409.story

 

By Mark Gonzales Tribune reporter

 

10:41 a.m. CST, November 6, 2012

 

The Chicago White Sox made several changes in their amateur scouting department after the conclusion of their organizational meetings Monday in Phoenix, Ariz.

 

East coast crosschecker scout Nick Hostetler was promoted to the assistant director of scouting. Hostetler will handle more administrative duties under Doug Laumann, the director of amateur scouting.

 

J.J. Lally, assistant director of player development and scouting, will become an amateur scout. Lally's territory will cover the San Diego area and the northwest part of the country. Lally will work with George Kachigian, who recommended the drafting of closer Addison Reed out of San Diego State in 2010, in the San Diego area.

 

National crosschecker Ed Pebley's duties will now concentrate on top amateur hitters, with Larry Monroe's concentration remaining on amateur pitchers.

 

Crosschecker Mike Shirley's duties will shift to the east coast -- Hostetler's previous territory.

 

Amateur scout Ryan Dorsey, whose territory covered the New England region, will take over Shirley's region in the Great Lakes states.

 

The Sox will look to fill Dorsey's area later this winter.

[Cali]

Whatever happened to that guy from Toronto?

[southsider2k5]

Whatever happened to that guy from Toronto?

 

Marco Paddy is all of these guys boss.

[Cali]

Marco Paddy is all of these guys boss.

 

Gotcha.... couldn't remember his name or position haha

[macsandz]

Marco Paddy is all of these guys boss.

 

Yeah Paddy has a huge organizational footprint going forward.

[southsider2k5]

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The White Sox will hire seven scouts this offseason as the franchise refines and reshuffles its international and amateur departments.

 

After he spent the last 14 months assessing an international department that has produced one player over the past decade, Marco Paddy, the special assistant to the general manager in international operations, will add five new scouts.

 

The amateur scouting department will also add two new scouts.

 

While he’s happy for the additional bodies in his department, amateur scouting director Doug Laumann is more pleased with the international hires. Rick Hahn last week described a department, which will add two scouts in the Dominican Republic, one in Mexico, one in Venezuela and another to cover Curacao and other areas, as “bare bones.”

 

“It will kind of get us up to speed,” Laumann said. “I don’t think it’s a secret we tried in the amateur department to supplement things weren’t getting internationally. It’s what we need to do.”

 

Over the last season Paddy -- who spent the previous five years as the director of Latin American operations for the Toronto Blue Jays -- determined what were the White Sox international issues and how to fix them.

 

The department has had recent success in its development of infielders Eduardo Escobar -- who was traded to the Minnesota Twins in July -- and Carlos Sanchez, along with pitcher Andre Rienzo.

 

But much more production is needed and with restrictions placed on international spending in the most recent collective bargaining agreement, the White Sox felt now is the time to make their move.

 

“(Marco) has a feel for what we need,” said Del Matthews, assistant director of player development and scouting. “We’ve had recent success, but it was definitely needed. With the new rule changes in the basic agreement it kind of made it an even playing field for everybody and it was a great opportunity for us to ramp up our efforts and hopefully we’ll see some fruit in a couple of years.”

 

Laumann believes international production will help the team in the amateur draft in terms of creativity. In years past, because the organization needed to add bodies the international program didn’t produce, Laumann was forced to find players to fill holes instead of taking risks on higher potential draftees.

 

“Your hands are tied going to the draft knowing you have to find that shortstop or second baseman,” Laumann said. “It takes away from your creativity and what you can do.”

 

Laumann still must find one more scout for his own department after he promoted J.J. Lally to a full-time area scout. Formerly an assistant director of player development and scouting, Lally will cover the Northwest as the White Sox reduce Adam Virchis’ previously large territory -- one that included all of Northern California, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Canada.

 

“We’ve been spread a little thin,” Laumann said. “We felt like (Virchis) was spending too much time away from the Bay Area.”

 

The team must also find an area scout for the Northeast as part of the domino effect from the promotion of Nick Hostetler, who became the assistant director of amateur scouting.

 

Ryan Dorsey, who previously scouted the Northeast, now covers Indiana, Michigan and Chicagoland. His position must be filled.

 

The two new hires gives Laumann’s department 18 area scouts and 25 bodies overall.

 

The extra personnel can be good “as long as your organization has good communication and knows how to weed through the information,” Laumann said. “We have a pretty good mix now.”

[JoshPR]

What are they doing in Latin America???