Matt Roffe, who will oversee the Chicago White Sox drafts, aims to blend data with traditional scouting

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Major League Baseball’s amateur draft has been a lifelong passion for Matt Roffe. “Since I was a kid, I was going through draft manuals, Baseball America, things like that,” Roffe said during a video conference Thursday after the Chicago White Sox officially named him their new director of amateur scouting. “(I) just love evaluating players — especially amateur players. “I’m really excited, ...