Gene Watson, Kansas City Royals Director of Pro Scouting

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🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Episode 115

Gene Watson joined the Kansas City Royals organization in 2006, and is currently their Director of Pro Scouting. In 2017, he was the recipient of the Legends in Scouting Award, given by the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation.

Gene began his baseball career in college, playing at the University of Texas-Arlington. After his playing days ended, he joined the Texas Rangers stadium operations staff in 1989.

After stops in San Diego and Atlanta, he joined the Marlins organization as a professional scout before departing for Kansas City in 2006.

Gene has been a part of 2 World Series championship teams, the Marlins in 2003, and the Royals in 2015. He has 20 years of experience covering MLB Spring Training, minor league scouting as well as winter league scouting in the Dominican, Venezuelan and Mexican leagues.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Gene about what it takes to be a scout at the Major League level, how a scout is judged as far as performance, where his faith journey started, how he stays grounded in his faith despite hardship that includes his wife's battle with cancer and why appreciating each day that God gives is his mantra right now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where faith and sports
0:07.8	collide. Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:11.6	Episode number 115 of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Gene Watson, Kansas City
0:17.2	Royals director of pro scouting, is brought to you in part by Compassion International.
0:23.0	We've been so grateful and thankful to have Compassion be a part of this podcast and partnering with us.
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0:48.0	Sponsor a child today. Today's guest on the podcast, Kansas City Royals director of pro scouting.
0:55.3	He is Gene Watson, and he joined the Royals as a Major League Baseball in 2006.
1:01.1	He's been a part of Major League Baseball for over 25 years.
1:04.7	He was the director of pro scouting with the Royals and has been since 2012.
1:10.2	He oversees the Royals Pro scouting staff. He was a member
1:13.5	of the Miami Marlins, then Florida Marlins back in 2003 when they won a World Series. And of course,
1:18.9	Gene was part of this team in 2014 and 2015 with the Royals that went to the World Series in 2014
1:26.6	and then won it over the New York Mets in
1:29.5	2015.
1:30.8	So Gene has a couple World Series rings to his credit.
1:33.9	He also worked with the Padres and with the Atlanta Braves organization.
1:38.1	He played his college baseball at the University of Texas at Arlington.
1:41.5	His son Tyler was selected by the Angels in 2014's MLB Amateur Draft,
1:48.4	and he now plays in the minor league system with the Atlanta Braves. And Gene has a great story.
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