Ex-Red Sox Star, Current Coach In Running For Giants Managerial Position

Boston could lose a valuable member of both their staff and history

Scott Neville | Oct 20, 2023

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The Boston Red Sox are in the process of trying to poach members of other organizations to fill needs in their front office and eventually their coaching staff.

While that is underway, the San Francisco Giants reportedly are aiming to steal one of the most important contributors to the Red Sox organization, past and present.

"The Giants have asked the Red Sox’s permission to speak to player information coach Jason Varitek about their managerial opening," The New York Post's Joel Sherman wrote Friday. "It was not publicly known if Varitek has interest in the position or if the Giants already have interviewed the former long-time catcher."

Outside of the headline, Sherman didn't exactly overwhelm his readers with information but the news certainly is noteworthy.

Varitek was not only a lifelong Red Sox player, having spent his entire 15-year Major League Baseball career in Boston -- but he's also a massive part of the Red Sox's current operation.

The former catcher is the Red Sox's game-planning coordinator, a hugely important role. Given the amount of turnover Boston faces this winter, losing Varitek would be impactful.

The former Red Sox captain appears to be a fantastic managerial candidate and seemingly will head in that direction at some point.

That time could come now, or he could potentially succeed Alex Cora when the latter makes a jump to the front office at some point in the not-so-distant future. That would require the Red Sox to keep other organizations away from Varitek for years.

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Published Oct 20, 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