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.
For a team that consistently stressed prioritizing Shohei Ohtani’s health for October, it’s fair to question how it came to this low point.
For now, the most pressing question for Ohtani is: what comes next?
Shohei Ohtani said it is “hard to tell” if he’ll need either knee or bicep surgery this offseason. He also said he plans to pitch again next season. #Dodgers#
“We’re doing what we can to put ourselves in the best position to have the strongest 26-man roster in October that we feel like gives us the best chance to win 11 games,” Andrew Friedman said.
Adding Tarik Skubal to the rotation certainly checks that box: