ORLANDO, Fla. -- In an annual highlight of the Winter Meetings, the Scout of the Year program celebrates evaluators and administrators for their contributions to baseball. It did so again Tuesday evening here, with one of the honorees using the occasion to announce his retirement.

Padres senior adviser and director of player personnel Logan White told the gathering he is retiring after more than four decades in the game. He wants to spend more time with his younger sister, who's battling esophageal cancer.

Royals special assistant Tom McNamara (East Coast), Yankees special assistant Jim Hendry (Midwest) and White (West Coast) were this year's domestic Scouts of the Year. Royals senior vice president/assistant GM Rene Francisco garnered the international award. Tigers director of Minor Le

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