Orioles uproot scouting department, add economic adviser

New Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette's vision for the organization is coming into clearer focus, with news of a de-emphasis on physical scouting at the professional level, more resources poured into amateur scouting and the hiring of a Loyola University professor as an economic adviser to help quantify players' financial values to the team.

By Dan Connolly, The Baltimore Sun

December 16, 2011