DICK GROCH, LONGTIME TALENT EVALUATOR RESPONSIBLE FOR YANKEES DRAFTING DEREK JETER, DIES AT 84
https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2025-10/00e7ac10-9fe7-11f0-b0df-5f5127c93fc4
✍️ Dick Groch, a longtime baseball scout, passed away at the age of 84. He was known for convincing the New York Yankees to draft Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter in 1992.
👉 Dick Groch, a longtime baseball scout, passed away at the age of 84. 👉 He was known for convincing the New York Yankees to draft Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter in 1992. 👉 Groch served as special assistant to the general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. 👉 He mentored several other baseball executives, including San Francisco Giants GM Zack Minasian and Los Angeles Angels pro scouting director Derek Watson. 👉 Groch's scouting report of Derek Jeter is still marveled at. 👉 Derek Jeter paid tribute to Groch on social media, calling him his 'Yankees scout who believed in me and signed me'.
-- #DickGroch #DerekJeter #DougMelvin #ZackMinasian #KarlMueller #DerekWatson #BillLivesey #NewYork #Milwaukee #Cooperstown #Kalamazoo #sports
Loading quoted post…