Slashing Scouting, Player Development Departments Will Cost Cubs in Other Ways

(AP Photo/Gregory Bull) According to a Wednesday report in The Athletic, the Cubs are making major cuts ($) to their scouting and player development staff as baseball’s COVID issues continue. Among those impacted are pro and amateur scouts and “double-digit staffers in player development.”

This comes months after the team instituted pay cuts among its 600-some employees, with those at the executive level taking the largest reductions on a percentage basis. Those cuts only guaranteed jobs through June and other teams have already furloughed dozens of employees, so everyone was just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

When Theo Epstein discussed last week how the Cubs’ tight budget would impact…