{"id":92640,"date":"2025-09-14T06:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T06:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=92640"},"modified":"2025-09-14T06:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T06:41:45","slug":"red-sox-rumors-strong-candidate-identified-for-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=92640","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Rumors: &#8216;Strong Candidate&#8217; Identified For GM"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleHeaderDetails\">\n<p>Keagan Stiefel 3 Hours Ago2 Min Read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2044596\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow is looking for his No. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Breslow confirmed as much prior to Saturday\u2019s crushing loss to the New York Yankees, telling media members that the club intended on hiring a general manager \u2014 which they have operated without since his arrival two-plus seasons ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a pretty good idea of what will benefit the organization,\u201d Breslow said. \u201cWe spent the last two years\u2026 trying to get ourselves set up with an eye on this sustainable organizational health that we talk about all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox assistant general manager Paul Toboni is the top candidate, according to The Boston Globe\u2019s Tim Healy.<\/p>\n<p>Toboni, who initially joined the organization as an intern, is also a candidate for the top baseball operations job with the Washington Nationals. Boston has promoted him five times since 2015, allowing him to interview for the head job in 2023. The Red Sox have four other assistant general managers:\u00a0Eddie Romero,\u00a0Raquel Ferreira,\u00a0Taylor Smith, and\u00a0Michael Groopman.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Toboni\u2019s potential promotion would allow the organization to keep him from taking a similar job elsewhere, which has been the whole point of team\u2019s changing the way they title members of their front-office.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen the time comes, the right thing for the organization, the right thing to help our leadership team is to have a clear No. 2,\u201d Breslow said. \u201cThat in and of itself is enough of a driver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toboni won\u2019t officially receive the promotion until the offseason \u2014 if at all \u2014 but things are pointing in a positive direction for the longtime front-office member.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s47719.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/cropped-Keagan-Stiefel-96x96.jpg\" alt=\"Red Sox Rumors: 'Strong Candidate' Identified For GM\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>Keagan Stiefel KeaganStiefel<\/h3>\n<p>Editorial Writer<\/p>\n<p>UMass-Amherst Alum. NFL Draft nerd. Multi-time internet argument winner. 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