Jerry Krause joins White Sox scouting department

I'm not entirely certain I see this as a good idea, but the White Sox have brought on former Bulls GM Jerry Krause to head their Dominican scouting system. Now, don't get me wrong, being a baseball lifer is hardly necessary in order to be a solid talent evaluator - and I'm not certain he's even going to be doing much/any actual scouting - but it's not often you see individuals cross that line in the professional ranks.

However, if Krause is being brought in as more of an operational specialist, that could indeed be a very good role, as those are the kind of skills that can be deployed across nearly any field of work. Given the many complexities of international scouting that is inherent in places like the Dominican where age fraud is common place, games are secondary, and signing-bonus-skimming sleaze balls are everywhere, putting a top-flight guy like Krause in place could really improve the results the White Sox are seeing from that country.