when you hire good people at the vp level of a mlb org, does it matter what the title is? besides, based on his blog, doesn't seem like a bad fit. Well, yeah, there's still a large bit of differentiation. Take Jim Hendry, he did a very good job on the player development side, and now that he has to do more than that he's not nearly as effective. DePo, for all his abilities, doesn't seem like an optimal match for the Scouting/Player Development role. Is Jim Hendry a VP? I didn't say GM level.