Scout school.
It is exactly what it sounds like it is a group of students being educated in the realm of scouting, under the tutelage of baseball lifers who spent their entire careers in evaluation.
Until 2017, Major League Baseball’s Scouting Bureau hosted such an educational experience annually, with organizations sending hand-picked participants for the opportunity. Scout school no longer exists in the way it once did, though some clubs have toyed with hosting their own versions internally and all teams have filled any gaps in evaluation that had previously been filled by the Bureau.
The 2016 class, like many others, brought together a host of people representing the teams that sent them, many in different roles with varying backgrounds. Probably also like some others, it was a group of unlikely colleagues-turned-friends in the close-knit and non-stop environment that the school provided, with the highlights of the experience extending beyond the twice-daily classroom sessi