It’s been more than a month since Dave Dombrowski was appointed president of baseball operations for the Red Sox, prompting Ben Cherington to step down from his post as the general manager. To this point, a number of names as GM replacements have been bandied about, including former Major League GMs Frank Wren and Dan O’Dowd as well as current assistant GM Mike Hazen, current adviser Jerry Dipoto, D-Backs vice president De Jon Watson and Yankees AGM Billy Eppler. Obviously, those figure to be just some of the many names the Sox will consider to work under Dombrowski. Here’s the latest on Boston’s search…
- The Red Sox have begun the hiring process, reports Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, and one of their first interviews will go to Astros director of player development Quinton McCracken (Twitter link). McCracken, if hired, would be the second well-regarded executive picked from the Houston front office, as the Astros have already lost AGM David Stearns, who was officially named general manager of the Brewers just one hour ago. The 45-year-old McCracken has a 12-year playing career under his belt in addition to six years working in the player development departments for the Diamondbacks and Astros.
That’s an awesome name.
The Red Sox will have to depend on Houston to “release McCracken.” Sorry very poor joke, but I had to.
I’d rather Ernie.
I’d rather the Sox look at one of their own former employees than McCracken and don’t really see him as a serious candidate, then they didn’t follow the Commissioner’s mandate when they promoted Cherrington, hired Farrell, Bobby V, or brought in Dombrowski in a hurry. They pretty much had to look at a minority candidate soon and would have wished sometime sooner Tommy Harper would have gotten a chance before he got into his 70’s. Near 30 years of coaching at about every level with Boston.. He earned his chance with Boston, especially with what he went thru while there.
Tiant, or martinez another pair. At least someone from within the organization, rather than an outsider.
Yeah, I can’t help but think this is more of a move to placate the commissioner’s office. I’m kinda hopeful that Hazen gets a shot.
Another choice that isn’t named Frank Wren!
JP Riccardi a Worcester guy who was GM for Toronto and is a Special Assistant for the Mets.
He also made some very very poor decisions that got him fired. Yeah, I’ll pass, thank you.