Craig Breslow, Red Sox Plan To Hire GM This Offseason

"It's hardly a surprise that Breslow would be looking for a number two. Breslow conducted an audit of the Red Sox front office early in his tenure with the organization, a decision which postponed his search for a second-in-command as it would necessarily involve evaluating the work of in-house candidates. That audit concluded last year, however, and the Red Sox still entered the 2025 campaign without hiring a GM."

"The Red Sox did hire Taylor Smith away from the Rays for an assistant GM role last winter, but that made Smith one of several assistant GMs already in the organization. At the time of Smith's hire, there was some speculation that perhaps Smith was being brought into the fold to take over the responsibilities of assistant GM Paul Toboni, who was at the time viewed as the top internal candidate for the GM role."

With the 2025 season nearing its conclusion, multiple MLB teams are preparing offseason front-office staffing changes. The Orioles seek a second-in-command for president of baseball operations Mike Elias, and the Nationals are searching for Mike Rizzo's successor. The Red Sox plan to prioritize hiring a general manager to serve as chief baseball officer Craig Breslow's second-in-command after operating two years without one. Breslow conducted an early audit of the Red Sox front office that postponed the GM search; that audit concluded last year. The team added Taylor Smith as an assistant GM, and internal candidacies such as Paul Toboni remain uncertain.

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