So the Orioles apparently reassigned six of their eight pro scouts to amateur scouting:

mlb.sbnation.com/2011/12/16/2640825/baltimore-orioles-dan-duquette-scouting

msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/baltimore-orioles-shake-up-scouting-department-121611

So, what does everyone think about this? It should help them for the draft, but really hurts them in preparing for trades involving minor league prospects. The question is, why not just higher six additional scouts? It would cost, I would assume, no more than half a million dollars, which is peanuts for an organization.