Scouting Director

The Major League Scouting Director is a key member of each of the 30 MLB teams front office staff. Typical duties of a Scouting Director includes coordinating all scouting for the First Year Player Draft every June, international scouting and MLB advanced scouting for the major league club. In many cases, the team scouting director is the sole decision maker over the team's first several draft picks on draft day.

The scouting director position is also a considered a stepping stone for future GMs, as current MLB GMs Brian Sabean, Terry Ryan, Kevin Towers, Jeff Luhnow and Josh Byrnes among others all once served as Scouting Directors for major league clubs.

Current Major League Scouting Directors

Team	Scouting Director
Arizona Diamondbacks	Deric Ladnier
Atlanta Braves	Tony DeMacio
Chicago Cubs	Jaron Madison
Cincinnati Reds	Chris Buckley
Colorado Rockies	Marc Gustafson
Florida Marlins	Stan Meek
Houston Astros	Mike Elias
Los Angeles Dodgers	Billy Gasparino
Milwaukee Brewers	Zack Minasian
New York Mets	Marc Tramuta
Philadelphia Phillies	Johnny Almaraz
Pittsburgh Pirates	Greg Smith
St. Louis Cardinals	Dan Kantrovitz
San Diego Padres	Mark Conner
San Francisco Giants	John Barr
Washington Nationals	Kris Kline
Baltimore Orioles	Gary Rajsich
Boston Red Sox	Amiel Sawdaye
Chicago White Sox	Doug Laumann
Cleveland Indians	Brad Grant
Detroit Tigers	Scott Pleis
Kansas City Royals	Lonnie Goldberg
Los Angeles Angels	Tim McIlvaine
Minnesota Twins	Deron Johnson
New York Yankees	Damon Oppenheimer
Oakland Athletics	Eric Kubota
Seattle Mariners	Tom McNamara
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	R.J. Harrison
Texas Rangers	Kip Fagg
Toronto Blue Jays	Brian Parker