After firing chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, the Pink Sox have seen their seek for their subsequent head of baseball operations face loads of roadblocks, with Diamondbacks GM Mike Hazen, former Marlins president Michael Hill and former Rangers president of baseball operations Jon Daniels amongst these to have beforehand been rumored as a possible candidate who’ve subsequently declined to interview (or, within the case of Hazen, signed an extension in Arizona).
The Athletic’s Chad Jennings provides one other trio of potential candidates for the position who’ve declined an interview, noting that every of Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey, Phillies GM Sam Fuld, and Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes have all declined to interview for the place. Fuld and Gomes had each beforehand been floated as potential candidates, although that is the primary time Falvey’s identify has come up concerning Boston’s baseball ops emptiness.
That stated, it seems that Boston has quite a few different potential candidates accessible. As beforehand famous, assistant GM Eddie Romero has interviewed for the position, with Jennings noting him as the favourite amongst potential inner candidates. Loads of exterior candidates look like into consideration although, with Jennings noting that former Astros GM James Click on stays within the combine after being beforehand reported as a possible choice earlier this month. In the meantime, WEEI’s Rob Bradford signifies that each former Pirates GM Neal Huntington and present Twins GM Thad Levine concerning the position, with Jon Heyman of the New York Publish including that Levine is anticipated to interview for the job. In the meantime, Joel Sherman of the New York Publish places forth Cubs assistant GM Craig Breslow as a possible choice.
The big range of candidates nonetheless on the desk speaks to Boston’s willingness to contemplate quite a few potential choices for the position. Romero, Levine and Breslow all haven’t but managed the helm of a baseball operations division throughout their careers, although that’s hardly a shock after crew president Sam Kennedy indicated that earlier expertise as the top of a baseball operations division was not a obligatory high quality for the membership’s subsequent GM. That hasn’t stopped the membership from contemplating extra skilled candidates, after all. A number of identified candidates remaining have appreciable expertise on the helm of a baseball operations division. Click on led the Astros to ALCS appearances in 2020 and 2021 earlier than successful the World Collection in 2023, whereas Huntington helmed the Pirates from 2007 to 2019. Click on is at present a particular assistant with the Blue Jays, whereas Huntington at present works within the Guardians entrance workplace.
One other skilled potential candidate, after all, is former Marlins GM Kim Ng, who parted methods with Miami earlier immediately after main the Marlins to their first full-season playoff berth since 2003 this season. Whereas Ng has been floated as a possible candidate all through the method, although Jennings notes that it’s at present unclear if the Pink Sox plan to pursue Ng at this level.
