The Brewers have updated their front office roster across all departments. We will detail many of the changes in baseball operations and player development for you this week, but for now, we’ll focus on updates within the scouting staff. Anything in bold refers to a change in title or role.
Former Brewers big-leaguer Taylor Green is now the top-name listed in the International Scouting section of the roster; otherwise, the International list of employees remains the same. Green’s prior title was “Special Assistant – Scouting and International Player Development”. His new title is “Director – International Scouting and Player Personnel”.
On the domestic scouting side of things, Corey Rodriguez is now listed as “Special Assistant – Scouting”, joining holdovers Bryan Gale and Mike Berger in that role. Rodriguez had previously been listed as “Supervisor – Scout Teams/West Coast Special Assignment Scout”. Former #1 overall draft pick Bryan Bullington (Pirates, 2002) remains as National/Regional Scout. The “Special Assistant – Scouting” title may seem innocuous, but given that the four names just mentioned are listed atop the scouting section, as seen in this linked screenshot, it lends credence to their importance.
Doug Reynolds’ title shifts from “National/Regional Scout” to “National Crosschecker”. Regional Supervisor Mike Serbalik is now “National Supervisor”. Congratulations are also due to four area scouts who have been promoted to the role of “Regional Coordinator”: James Fisher, Taylor Frederick, Steve DiTrolio, and Shawn Whalen.
Two area scouts are no longer listed with the organization. Longtime scout Steve Smith had patrolled Georgia and South Carolina for some time. Incidentally, one of Smith’s recent signees, non-drafted RH reliever Will Childers, was listed today by MLB Pipeline as one to watch in Wednesday’s Rule 5 draft. The other Area Scout to depart is Adam Hayes, who covered the Arizona territory. Hayes’ most recent farmhand of note was RHP Tyler Woessner, who, unfortunately, was released this past June.
However, in this day and age when MLB organizations are trimming traditional scouting staffs, it’s solid news that the Brewers are holding steady in their personnel count. Backfilling the spots for those who graduated to Regional Coordinator are Dexter Swims, Andrew Snyder, and Chaz Crawford. Congratulations to the new “Area Scouts”! Swims and Snyder in particular were listed as “Development Scouts” previously. In fact, back in November 2024, we linked you to a feature story and video interview with Swims.
Speaking of “Development Scouts”, Jamie Hurtado joins the organization in that role. He joins the existing Development Scout, Donovan Simon.
Folks have asked what the best way to learn a player’s signing scout is. It would be great if the Brewers made their Digital Media Guide a bit more online-friendly, and of course, we sorely miss the printed version. Here’s the link to the 2025 Media Guide from March.
Once you arrive, click the down-pointing arrow at the top of the screen. This gives you the choice to print, download, or choose thumbnails. You may not want to choose a massive print on your home printer, it’s 402 pages long! However, the pages for minor league diehards to focus on are the player bios, and that’s pages 216 (Christopher Acosta) through 262 (Johan Zapata). Those pages will show the signing scout for each bio (players who were on the 40-man roster at the time are listed in an earlier section of the media guide, and, obviously, players from the July 2025 draft are not included).
It would be nice if the area covered by each scout was also listed. That was the case a few years back, but that has become protected information in recent years. Quite often, a Google or LinkedIn search can provide clues, but it’s quite the chore.Â
As noted, look forward to learning about updates within other areas of the organization from us in the coming days.
Check out our 2025 draft tracker, updated with signing bonsues, scouting reports, news, and much more!