Ex-Red Sox Pitcher Reportedly A 'Strong Candidate' To Fill Vacant GM Role
The Boston Red Sox's search for a new leader of their baseball operations department appears to be heating up after a few quiet weeks.
Rumors are starting to fly left and right about who could lead the Red Sox organization entering a pivotal offseason, and a former player has even entered the conversation.
"There is a sense within the game that ownership has become more absentee as it pursues other business avenues and also that manager Alex Cora has growing influence on personnel decisions," The New York Post's Joel Sherman wrote Monday. "That has potentially chilled the market, though Cubs assistant general manager Craig Breslow, who was raised in Connecticut and played four years for the Red Sox, is viewed as a potentially strong candidate."
Among former Red Sox players, Breslow logically would be a favorite to rise up to president of baseball operations status. The former reliever graduated from Yale and has ascended up the ranks of the Chicago Cubs front office since retiring from the game.
The southpaw played for Boston from 2012-2015 and was an underrated force for the 2013 World Series team. Breslow posted a 1.81 ERA with a 33-to-18 strikeout-to-walk ratio, .228 batting average against and 1.12 WHIP in 59 2/3 innings. He finished his Red Sox career with a 3.80 ERA in 211 innings across 202 games played.
There's a chance he'll use his Ivy League brain to build up the Red Sox's roster, though he does not appear to be an odds-on favorite for the role.
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