DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:
The Amateur Domestic Scouting department is responsible for improving organizational talent through the Rule IV Draft and UDFA signing process. The department strives to be best in class at identifying, evaluating, and valuing amateur baseball talent through a relentless commitment to our process and our people. This includes, but is not limited to creating well-rounded scouting practices, building relationships, leveraging R&D for process support, collaborating with our Player Development groups, developing strong staff education frameworks, and establishing sound decision-making processes.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The National Scouting Coordinator is responsible for leading and supporting a designated group of Area Scouts and ensuring the consistency, quality, and effectiveness of the amateur scouting process across their assigned territory. This role serves as the primary bridge between Area Scouts and Baseball Operations leadership, driving organizational alignment in evaluation philosophy, information gathering, player valuation, and decision-making. Success in this role is measured not only by the quality of player evaluations, but by the Coordinator's ability to develop Area Scouts, elevate evaluation standards, improve information collection quality, and create a collaborative environment where scouts continuously grow. The National Scouting Coordinator provides ongoing mentorship, delivers actionable feedback, identifies process improvements, and ensures every player is evaluated within the broader context of the draft landscape and organizational priorities. The ideal candidate is an exceptional evaluator, teacher, communicator, teammate and leader who possesses a deep understanding of modern player valuation, embraces collaboration across departments, and is passionate about developing both people and process.
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Lead and develop a designated group of Area Scouts by providing ongoing coaching, mentorship, and actionable feedback to improve evaluation quality, contextual thinking, and professional growth.
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Serve as the primary liaison between Area Scouts and Amateur Scouting leadership, ensuring alignment in scouting philosophy, priorities, and organizational processes.
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Oversee the quality and consistency of scouting reports, ensuring evaluations are comprehensive, well-supported, and leverage all available resources.
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Build a positive, accountable, and collaborative team environment that promotes trust, transparency, inclusivity, and continuous learning while reinforcing organizational values and expectations.
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Produce high-quality player evaluations by integrating live scouting, video scouting, performance data, medical information, player development insight, and analytical resources.
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Communicate significant player movement, evaluation updates, and emerging draft trends to Amateur Scouting leadership to support informed organizational decision-making.
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Represent the collective work of the assigned scouting group during draft preparation, cross-functional meetings, and organizational discussions.
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Identify opportunities to improve scouting workflows, evaluation standards, communication, and overall departmental processes while promoting innovation and continuous improvement.
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Ability to build and cultivate relationships .
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Willing to connect with and respect people from different backgrounds and cultures, including players, families, coaches, agents, trainers, and others.
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Proficient with the necessary hardware, tools, and equipment to conduct information gathering for the Amateur scouting domain.
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Ability to use the appropriate software platform(s) and digital tools necessary for the submission and quality control of evaluations .
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An expertise of the landscape and context surrounding the Amateur scouting domain.
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Ability to understand and decipher the data that drive s the desired signals in the Amateur Scouting domain.
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An understanding of each evaluation domain (development, performance, medical, behavioral health, background, etc.) to be able to succinctly capture the information necessary to meaningfully engage with experts (doctors, S&C coaches, analysts, etc.).
In addition to the above requirements, all roles within Baseball Operations are expected to effectively demonstrate our universal competencies related to problem solving, teamwork, clarity of communication, and time management, along with embodying our culture of honesty, humility, relentlessness, and commitment to DEIB.