Diamondbacks hire Ray Montgomery as Amateur Scouting Director

[Diamondback Jay]

Brewers' scouting director heading to D-backs
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com

SAN FRANCISCO -- Assistant Brewers scouting director Ray Montgomery is leaving the team to become the D-backs' amateur scouting director, according to a baseball source.

Montgomery spent eight seasons in Milwaukee's organization, including the past two as scouting director Bruce Seid's top aide. He originally joined the Brewers as an area scout for South Texas and Louisiana in December 2002 and was responsible for the scouting and signing second baseman Rickie Weeks in 2003.

In Arizona, Montgomery will replace Tom Allison, another former Brewers scout.

Neither Seid nor D-backs officials could be reached for comment Wednesday night. The move was first reported by the Arizona Republic.

Seid, Montgomery, Allison and Astros scouting director Bobby Heck all once worked under the Brewers' highly regarded former scouting director Jack Zduriencik, who is now the general manager in Seattle.

The D-backs earlier this week added another man with Brewers ties in former second baseman Eric Young, who is joining Arizona as first-base coach.

Apparently, he's pretty highly regarded in baseball circles, so this on paper looks like a good hiring.