Dick Groch, a longtime talent evaluator famously known for convincing the New York Yankees to draft Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter in 1992, died Wednesday, according to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy.

Dick Groch, the former scout who discovered Yankees legend Derek Jeter, died on Wednesday in Port Huron, Michigan. He was 84. Groch’s family confirmed to MLB.com that he had died, while the Yankees ...

Longtime MLB scout Dick Groch died Wednesday, according to his family. He was 84 years old. A cause of death was not disclosed. Groch worked in the scouting department throughout his MLB career with ...

Former Milwaukee Brewers executive, Dick Groch, has passed away at the age of 84. MLB.com's Adam McCalvy shared the news on social media. "Sad news in the baseball world: Dick Groch, the scout who ...

The final Yankees scouting report of a high school player named Derek Jeter has hit the auction block. The report, written by scout Dick Groch in April 1992 on the high school senior from Kalamazoo, ...

When the Yankees held the 6th overall pick in the 1992 draft, they picked shortstop Derek Jeter from Kalamazoo, Michigan. The rest, as they say, is history. The scout who was responsible for making ...

Dick Groch still has the reports he filed as a scout watching Derek Jeter play in high school. They read: “Five-tool player, blue-chipper, a Yankee,” Groch says. Groch wrote that Jeter would “come ...

More than three decades ago, Dick Groch made a declaration that helped change the course of Yankees history. The Yankees held the No. 6 pick in the 1992 draft, and although Derek Jeter was high on ...