The Philadelphia Phillies have announced Brian Barber as their new director of amateur scouting, who will oversee the team’s amateur draft and international free agent signing period. Barber takes over for the recently-departed Johnny Almaraz, who stepped down from his role with the team a few months ago.
Barber has spent the last 18 seasons with the New York Yankees (2001-19) where he worked as an area scout, crosschecker and national crosschecker. A crosschecker is a type of scout whose main job is to provide a second opinion on reports filed by local area scouts.