White Sox Name 30-Year-Old Matt Roffe Amateur Scouting Director

Matt Roffe is 30 years old. The White Sox have officially named him their new director of amateur scouting, filling the vacancy left by Mike Shirley, who resigned in September. The announcement comes just days after Roffe celebrated a World Series victory with the Milwaukee Brewers, his former employer.

The club kept the traditional job title for the role. Roffe will oversee the draft process moving forward. General Manager Chris Getz suggested in September that the team needed to rethink how they select amateur talent. Roffe fits that vision. He spent the last five years with the Brewers, where he served as the assistant director of domestic scouting. Before that, he worked for the Arizona Diamondbacks for two seasons and completed internships with the San Diego Padres and the Brewers. He also spent time working for MLB’s Statcast unit.

Roffe described his new role as a way to empower scouts. He wants to combine objective data with the subjective opinions of the scouting staff. “It’s just empowering scouts and giving them a voice, and trying to blend the objective information that’s in place with their subjective take on players,” Roffe said. He added that merging these different inputs into a single valuation is an exciting opportunity. He noted that the interview process with the White Sox was thorough and that he felt the organization has made great strides in the last two years.

His background includes two seasons with the Diamondbacks after impressing as an intern in Milwaukee. The Brewers viewed his return from Arizona as a statement on the quality of his work. Roffe said his previous experiences gave him a strong foundation for identifying traits that translate to major league value. “That just gave me a good foundation for what to look for so when I came to the Brewers and started spending more time in the draft, I really had a good foundation of the types of things that translate to value in the big leagues,” he said.

The White Sox also signed 28-year-old right-hander Alec Marsh to a minor league deal. Marsh will receive an invite to spring training. He was a second-round pick by the Kansas City Royals and last pitched in the majors in 2024. In that season, he covered 129 innings in 26 appearances, including 25 starts, and posted a 4.53 ERA. Marsh has been sidelined by shoulder impingement for the past two years before being released by the Royals in October.

Marsh has worked with current White Sox pitcher Zach Bove during his time in Kansas City. The team also announced that four players are finalists for the Silver Slugger Award. Chase Meidroth is a finalist at second base, Miguel Vargas at third base, Tristan Peters in the outfield, and Sam Antonacci as a utility player. The White Sox are also one of four teams competing for the team Silver Slugger Award, a recognition for their offense that led the American League in runs scored last season.

The hiring of Roffe and the signing of Marsh mark the major moves of the White Sox offseason so far. The team will continue to evaluate its roster as spring training approaches.