White Sox Poach Executive From Brewers to Lead Draft Scouting

As first reported by Katie Woo of The Athletic, the Chicago White Sox have hired a new scouting director, bringing in Matt Roffe, who was previously with the Milwaukee Brewers as an assistant director of domestic scouting.

Roffe’s efforts in Milwaukee’s front office helped the franchise win the 2026 World Series, its first title in history, and helped make the Brewers the gold standard for amateur talent acquisition and player development in today’s game.

Roffe is a respected name and a young up-and-comer among baseball executives. Now, he takes the next step in his career to oversee White Sox scouting, though his official title has not yet been announced by the organization.

While it’s certainly too early to tell how the White Sox did with this hire, there’s plenty of reason for fans to be excited. The track record speaks for itself. Hiring from Milwaukee is generally good practice, and Roffe specifically has made a habit of finding diamonds in the rough as a domestic scout.

Industry reports credit Roffe with pounding the table to select Josh Adamczewski in the 15th round of the 2023 MLB Draft. Adamczewski is now the No. 3 prospect in the Brewers organization and the No. 85 prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB Pipeline.

He hit .300 with 18 home runs, 18 stolen bases, and a .926 OPS in 2026 across multiple levels of minor league baseball.

Finding legitimate prospects in the late rounds of the draft is key to maintaining long-term organizational health. People like Roffe have been helping the Brewers do that for years, and now he comes to Chicago to run the White Sox draft process.

The formal title doesn’t matter. Matt Roffe is joining the White Sox as a replacement for Mike Shirley, who resigned late in the 2026 season after the White Sox opened an internal investigation regarding his conduct.

Shirley had been an integral part of Chicago’s turnaround. He was one of the loudest voices directing the White Sox in key decisions to draft Garrett Crochet, Colson Montgomery, and Caleb Bonemer, among others.

Finding the right replacement and overcoming front office turnover is one of those behind-the-scenes matters that may not show up on the field immediately, but can have significant consequences, both positive and negative, in the years to follow.

Roffe will have to prove himself. But for an organization that has historically promoted from within for jobs like this, it’s encouraging to see GM Chris Getz once again expand his horizons and bring in a respected voice from one of the best-run organizations in baseball.