The Minnesota Twins have eliminated their entire four-person pro scouting staff as part of cost-cutting measures by ownership. 

Longtime pro scout Ken Compton, who was in his 39th season as a scout and 15th with the club, along with fellow pro scout John Manuel, formerly the editor in chief of Baseball America, were among those informed their positions had been eliminated.

The layoffs occurred one month after the Pohlad family announced they were no longer looking to sell the Twins and will instead take on two limited partnership groups. They will sell at least 20 percent of the club and help the franchise reduce accrued debt in excess of $430 million. 

The Twins had leaned less on their pro scouting department in recent years, heavily reducing those scouts’ travel budgets and requiring them to mainly do video-based scouting.

There is a greater trend across the MLB to limit or eliminate pro scouting departments as teams become more reliant on video scouting.