24 | Texas Rangers’ Assistant GM Josh Boyd on Judging a Player’s Makeup, Evaluating the Person and the Player, and Building a Team with Character

Written By Evan Burk
 

Josh Boyd is the Assistant General Manager of the Texas Rangers, where he oversees all functions of pro player evaluation and the R & D department. Boyd has been with the Rangers since 2008 serving in roles within Player Personnel and Pro Scouting, and spent 4 seasons as an area scout with the San Diego Padres.

In this conversation, Evan Burk speaks with Josh about how he went from a baseball writer to Major League Scout, the skill set makes a good evaluator, and looking at how players deal with success and failure to help judge the character make up of players.

Tune into this episode to hear:

  • Transition from baseball writer to MLB scout

  • Learning as a San Diego Padres scout

  • How his thinking changed in understanding of what made players successful

  • What makes a successful scout in major league baseball

  • How the Organization’s goals and vision feed into the Player Evaluation approach

  • Judging whether players have the drive to be great vs. just liking being a ball player

  • How a player’s fit within a system factors into team building in baseball

  • What are you looking for beyond the game when evaluating players?

  • Learning about players with how they handle setbacks, and success

  • When to make exceptions and understanding acquisition cost

  • What separated the Rangers’ World Series teams from 2010 and 2011

  • Where Josh get’s inspiration outside of baseball?

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Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures.

Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4th grade coach, where he quickly worked his way to the NFL in just 6 years, and included coaching for teams such as the Miami Dolphins, UCLA, and SMU.

After spending fifteen-plus years working with the highest-performing athletes, coaches, and teams on the planet, Coach Burk uses his unique football coaching background to teach people how to utilize the same strategies in business and life that elite players and teams use to perform at a world-class level.

Evan received his B.S. in business management from the University of Colorado, and his Master of Liberal Studies degree from Southern Methodist University. He also hosts his own weekly sports leadership podcast, The Highest Level, where he reveals how championship team cultures are built and the keys to leadership excellence at the highest level.

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