The former Red Sox player is optimistic about Boston’s future
The Red Sox have found a new head of baseball operations.
The Red Sox have agreed to terms with Craig Breslow, who has accepted an offer to become Boston’s new chief baseball officer.
The Boston Red Sox checked off the first item on their offseason priority list, hiring Craig Breslow as the organization’s new chief baseball officer.
There’s still a lot of work to do for former Boston quarterback Tommy Pham, who isn’t raising any red flags. The 35-year-old veteran, who is currently playing in the World Series with the Diamonds after spending half a season with the Red Sox in 2022, is confident about the future of Boston, which finished last in the US tournament.
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“I haven’t seen this team fight in a long time,” Pham told WEEI’s Rob Brad on Audacy’s Baseball Doesn’t Fun podcast.
“…I felt that Chime (Bloom) made the farming system stronger.
The winning team has a good farming system.
The same agricultural system exists today.
“With the money they have, they can make a big leap into the private sector and it can easily come back,” he said.
During Bloom’s nearly four years in Boston, the focus of the team’s rebuild has been to improve the farm system and add a pool of talented prospects.
The effort was successful thanks to the additions of Marcelo Mayer (#11), Roman Anthony (#35), Seddanna Rafaela (#72) and Kyle Thiel (#82).
All are ranked in the top 100 in Major League Baseball.
But that’s only part of the battle.
The Red Sox had serious depth issues last season.
Injuries and struggles on the field put pressure on Boston throughout the season.
Defense and pitching were Boston’s biggest weaknesses, and they were dragged to the bottom of the AL East for the third time in four seasons.
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Breslow, a 17-year big league veteran, was hired by the Cubs in 2019 and promoted to assistant general manager for the upcoming 2020 season.
