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White Sox Set to Hire Matt Roffe as Scouting Director
The Chicago White Sox are set to hire Matt Roffe as scouting director, replacing Mike Shirley.
Roffe spent five years in the Milwaukee Brewers’ front office and most recently served as assistant director of domestic scouting.
He joins Chicago after the Brewers won the 2026 World Series.
Shirley, who led the White Sox’s amateur scouting department for seven years, resigned on Sept.
12 after being placed on administrative leave during an investigation into allegations of verbal harassment.
The team used first-round picks on several players during Shirley’s tenure, including Garrett Crochet and Colson Montgomery.
Roffe previously worked in Arizona’s front office, where he overlapped with current White Sox assistant general manager Josh Barfield.
The White Sox are expected to announce the hire next week.
The Chicago White Sox are set to hire Matt Roffe as their scouting director.
Roffe is joining the team after winning the 2026 World Series as part of the Milwaukee Brewers’ front office.
The 30-year-old most recently served as the Brewers’ assistant director of domestic scouting.
The White Sox are not expected to announce the hire until next week.
Roffe will replace Mike Shirley, who resigned on Sept. 12 after the team placed him on administrative leave and investigated allegations of verbal harassment.
- Who
- The Chicago White Sox and Matt Roffe.
- What
- The White Sox are set to hire Roffe as their scouting director.
- When
- The team is not expected to announce the move until next week.
- Where
- Chicago.
- Why
- Roffe is set to replace former scouting director Mike Shirley, who resigned.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Roffe worked as an analyst in Arizona’s front office, where he overlapped with Josh Barfield.
Roffe took over as the Brewers’ assistant director of domestic scouting.
Mike Shirley resigned after the White Sox placed him on administrative leave and investigated allegations of verbal harassment.
Roffe won the World Series as a member of the Brewers’ front office.
The White Sox are not expected to announce Roffe’s hire until then.
- Age
- 30
- Most recent Brewers role
- Assistant director of domestic scouting
- Previous Arizona role
- Analyst, 2019–21
- Shirley’s resignation
- Sept. 12
- Expected announcement
- Next week
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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.