The hiring of Chaim Bloom marked a change in philosophy for the Boston Red Sox, and his firing marke

In October 2019, the Boston Red Sox, with 108 World Series champions, hired Chaim Bloom as "Chief Baseball Officer," essentially setting back the job of former chief decision maker Dave Dombrowski, whose offseason The Mookie Betts trade, which sent one of the elite players in the game out of the gate in exchange for a small fee late in the year, made clear the order from team owner John Henry to Bloom, according to a quote purportedly from Tampa Bay Rays front office alumnus and team president Tom Werner praised Bloom as "focused on long-term success at the major league level and possessing the qualities essential to establishing sustainable baseball operations throughout the organization"

. Sustainable, as one might read, is just what it sounds like. It certainly meant building a better farm system, as the Red Soxfired Bloom on Thursday. The Red Sox are, even though he seemed to have succeeded in developing the most important part of the equation: international hitters Masataka Yoshida and first baseman Triston Casas, pitcher Brayan Bello, outfielder Jaren Duran, and newly promoted The Red Sox have formed the core of a big-league club withyoung local playerssuch as center fielder Sedanne Rafaela, most notably shortstop Marcelo Mayer and fast-rising Double-A outfielder Romain Anthony, and it is not clear if the team was designed with winning as a top priority. It is not. 17]

This is not meant to be derogatory; the Red Soxopened the season with the 12th highest payrollin the game, after opening every season from 2004 to 2020 in the top five. (29th) and the Tampa Bay Rays (28th) in salary at the start of the season, but Bloom was not given the luxury of implementing a complete and painful rebuild or the time to build a talent supply machine like the Rays had developed.

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