Ex-Player Working For Dave Dombrowski Emerging As Candidate To Replace Chaim Bloom

The Red Sox could use a bridge between aggressiveness and analytics

Scott Neville | Sep 25, 2023

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The Boston Red Sox have struggled to put together any stretch of continued success in recent years, largely due to the massive philosophical changes made to their front office every four years.

After going from one of the most aggressive leaders to one of the least, Boston reportedly has interest in a general manager who likely would successfully bridge the gap between both strategies.

"Philadelphia Phillies general manager Sam Fuld has emerged as one of the leading candidates to fill (former chief baseball officer) Chaim Bloom’s vacancy in Boston," USA Today's Bob Nightengale wrote Sunday.

Fuld currently works under Dave Dombrowski -- Bloom's predecessor who won a ring but at the expense of the organization's future. Fuld, however, is an analytic-driven executive and former player. His current role has been to be the middleman between the clubhouse and analytics.

Fuld appears to have some resemblance to Bloom as far as his own views go but has worked under Dombrowski and seen that building a World Series-caliber roster involves some risk -- something Bloom was far too hesitant to consider.

The 41-year-old executive is under contract through 2025 but could leave for Boston with the Phillies' permission. Typically, an organization will grant those wishes if the position the opposing club is inquiring about is a promotion. A lateral move is much more likely to get denied but that is not the case.

Assuming Fuld is granted permission to speak to the Red Sox, he'd be a favorite to land the job. Prior to joining the Phillies, Fold interviewed for a managerial role in Boston and the Red Sox's ownership group reportedly was impressed. Now he's on the radar once again.

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Published Sep 25, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the Boston Red Sox for Sports Illustrated's new page "Inside The Red Sox." Before starting "Inside The Red Sox", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join the Sports Illustrated Media Group in his current endeavor as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Red Sox" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu