Yesterday, the Brewers officially announced that they had hired Mike Groopman of the Kansas City Royals to be their director of international scouting. Groopman had helped lead the Royals analytics department for the past 10 years, and will bring that expertise to the Brewers system now. Adam McCalvy of Brewers.com notes that one of the players he will be monitoring is Shohei Otani, the dual pitcher/hitter who is looking to come to MLB starting in 2018.
The fact that the Brewers are interested in Shohei Otani is not a big surprise. It’s hard to find a team at this point that is not interested in him at some level.