Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports that Cubs executive Dan Kantrovitz had decided to stay in Chicago.
Sources tell me that the Mets offered him a vice president role that would’ve focused on player development and covered scouting as well. Kantrovitz is seen as a strong GM candidate in baseball circles and was likely looking for that type of title to leave Chicago.
Original Post – Oct. 26, 13:16
Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports that the Mets are discussing hiring Dan Kantrovitz for a high-level role that oversees amateur scouting and player development. Kantrovitz is currently the Cubs’ vice president of scouting.
Multiple folks working in baseball immediately reached out to say that Kantrovitz would be a fantastic hire for the Mets.
The Cubs hired Kantrovitz in November of 2019 from the Oakland A’s, where he was the assistant GM for five years. Before that, Kantrovitz worked as the director of scouting for the Cardinals for three years. The two-time All-Ivy League at Brown University started his non-playing career with the Cardinals as an assistant scouting director in 2004.
The 45-year-old was drafted in the 25th round of the 2001 draft by the Cardinals. He played in only one minor league before a shoulder injury ended his playing career.
The Cubs farm system currently ranks highly by most publications, including No. 1 by FanGraphs, No. 2 by ESPN, and No. 4 by MLB Pipeline.
Theo Epstein praised Kantrovitz’s skills when the Cubs hired Dan back in 2019, “Dan is as qualified as maybe anyone out there in baseball to do [balance all the information on draft day] since he has scouted extensively and is on the road the entire draft season seeing players and has done so for many years. He also is one of the top quants [quantitative analyst] in the game as well. Builds his own models and understands it on a granular level – not just to the R & D department, but being a part of it and not just relating to scouts but being one. He brings a really unique skillset and set of experiences to the position.”
