Kiley McDaniel's latest podcast broke down the Cubs front office and what types of responsibilities each title may carry around baseball. Some of the more interesting stuff came towards the end as they got into how different teams use scouts. One distinction was using scouts to follow a certain team's farm system vs having a scout follow a geographical region. He implied that higher revenue teams use the organizational following. They also tend to switch out scouts to different teams every 2-3 years.
The other topic was how teams use veteran scouts. He implied that most teams will use their veteran scouts on AAA/major league teams because it is a cushier job (larger cities, better amenities, etc...). McDaniel thought they would be better used doing scouting on younger players, draft eligible players and July 2nd guys.
Parts of it where interesting, parts where boring, but if you have an interest in how front offices are set up it is a nice primer. He didn't have any working knowledge on exactly how the front office works for the Cubs FWIW. McDaniel mentioned that he once interviewed for a job with Jaron Madison and that Madison worked under Lunow with the Cardinals. That was something I wasn't aware of. Since he came from San Diego I just assumed he came from Boston orginally. Madison got his start with the Pirates, went to San Diego, then the Cardinals and back to San Diego with Hoyer.
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