Craig Breslow rejoins Red Sox as head of baseball operations
Reunited, and it feels so good. The Boston Red Sox no longer need a head of baseball operations after former pitcher Craig Breslow accepted the organization's offer Tuesday, the Boston Globe reported.
The former assistant general manager of the Chicago Cubs is returning to the team with which he played two separate stints and won the 2013 World Series. In this role, Breslow is being paired up with a former teammate in Red Sox manager Alex Cora.
Craig Breslow, like Chaim Bloom, is expected to get the title of chief baseball officer, per source.
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Breslow spent four seasons with the Cubs, first as director of strategic initiatives in 2019 before being promoted to director of pitching in 2020. That year, Breslow added special assistant to Theo Epstein (president of baseball ops) and Jed Hoyer (general manager) to his title. In 2021, he was promoted again, this time to assistant GM.
During that time, Breslow turned the Cubs from a team that relied on free agency and trades for starting pitching into a ball club that developed its own talented bullpen. He did most of that while working remotely from Newton, Massachusetts.
He won't have to travel very far for his new job, and Breslow is stepping into a Boston operation with which he should be fairly familiar and a room full of familiar faces, many of whom will fondly remember his second stint with the team from 2012 to 2015.
During the 2013 title season, Breslow made 10 relief appearances and pitched nine scoreless innings, including eight in a row during the playoffs. That came as no surprise after he finished the regular season with a 1.18 ERA in 61 appearances.
