Cubs Insider · Aug 27, 2020
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.