The 2026 MLB season has officially come to an end as the Milwaukee Brewers closed out the World Series title Wednesday night. With the threat of a lockout coming in just over a month’s time, offseason activity is expected to ramp up in the next couple weeks. One of the main vacancies for the White Sox is their head of amateur scouting, a position that was surprisingly opened after Mike Shirley’s resignation in September. Just one day after the end of the season, it seems that position will be filled, and the White Sox will poach from an organization that just won the ultimate prize.
According to Katie Woo of The Athletic, the White Sox will be hiring Matt Roffe as their scouting director. The White Sox have not officially announced this deal, but it’s now been confirmed by multiple other outlets.
The Chicago White Sox are hiring Matt Roffe as scouting director, league sources tell me and @Ken_Rosenthal. Roffe was previously with the Milwaukee Brewers as an assistant director of domestic scouting.
— Katie Woo (@katiejwoo) October 29, 2026
Roffe served as the assistant director of amateur scouting for Milwaukee this season, and spent the past four years in other various scouting roles. He’s also spent time in the Diamondbacks and Padres organizations, and began his career in 2016 as an intern with Statcast.
White Sox hiring staff from Milwaukee will always be a sound decision
Not much is known about the specifics of Roffe’s role with Milwaukee, but the Brewers have been one of the best organizations in baseball at developing talent over the past few years, so poaching talent from them seems like a good process. The White Sox originally picked from Milwaukee with the hiring of Walker McKinven as bench coach back in 2025, and it continues the trend of Chris Getz hiring external staff from well-run organizations.
Roffe’s official title with the White Sox is not yet known, but Chris Getz previously said in an interview that the White Sox would be looking to hire a “Director of Amateur Acquisitions”, and Roffe’s background in amateur scouting could make his experience a fit for that role. On the heels of a season in which the organization had the first overall pick for the first time in 50 years, their run to the playoffs will have their first round pick fall somewhere in the 22-24 range this season. Obviously, they won’t have a slam-dunk selection like Roch Cholowsky on the board for them this year, but they’ve done a fine job of finding big league talent later in the first round in past drafts. Players like Colson Montgomery and Noah Schultz were late first-round picks and are meaningful contributors to the current contention window.
As the White Sox look to continue to grow the organization into a player development machine, the Brewers are an excellent model. What better way to replicate the Brewers success than to hire some of the people that have helped create that success. I think the White Sox should continue to hire smart people from smart organizations. It seems like a recipe for success.
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