Oct. 17--Tim Wilken is leaving the Chicago Cubs to join the front office of the Arizona Diamondbacks, a source confirmed late Friday night.
Wilken, a special assistant to the president and general manager with the Cubs since August of 2012, was a finalist for the Diamondbacks' amateur scouting director's position last fall.
Wilken joined the Cubs in December of 2005 as the director of amateur and professional scouting and was responsible in the signing of Andrew Cashner, Darwin Barney, Jeff Samardzija, Josh Donaldson, Josh Harrison, D.J. LeMahieu and Javier Baez.
Wilken started his career as a scout for Toronto in 1979 and also worked for the Tampa Bay Rays.
