The Red Sox made it clear about a month ago that they planned to hire GM during the offseason. At the time, Paul Toboni was the club’s assistant general manager and immediately seemed to be the logical choice for internal candidates and even overall favorites. However, it doesn’t take long to make the option stand out. Topony was hired by the Nationals as president of Baseball Operations and took over as their executive. According to Tim Healey of the Boston Globe, Toboni is more than “Favorite” As Craig Breslow#2 in Boston, but the club plans now “Step back” This offseason, now he is no longer an option to evaluate what they want to do.
This seems to open the door as the Red Sox will likely play for the third straight season in 2026 for the third straight season under Breslow. This would be a little shocked given last month’s comments, but given the club’s apparent focus on Toboni’s attention, as their role can at least make his decision increasingly publicize his decision and put someone within a certain range and announce the scope of a show. It’s no longer an option, so maybe the Red Sox can decide to leave their jobs in 2026 again.
Of course, this is hardly guaranteed and may not be the most cautious option. As Healey pointed out, Breslow calls Toboni’s departure “Great Loss” For the organization, and noted that he is helpful in all areas of player development for professional and minors. These responsibilities may need to be taken over by others, and the three remaining assistants in Boston (Raquel Ferreira, Eddie Romero, Eddie Romero and Mike Gropman) may share some load, or share a low-level member, or be promoted, can be promoted to fill the two outside employees, and may fill the job of killing twice, while the killing birds can murder. #2 offers that with someone who offers some of the same advantages for Boboni.
Anyway, the Red Sox may not be rushing to hire the next batch of GMs in the coming days. Although they themselves have been eliminated from the playoffs, Breslow suggests they will figure out how to handle the loss and vacant GM roles of toboni “Once things get quiet” The playoffs begin and end. Given the fact, this is wise, as it may be difficult to attract people from other organizations until the team is eliminated from the playoffs.
In other Red Sox news, the club faces two imminent exit opportunities on the left side of its infield. Alex BregmanOf course, there will be a chance to give up the last two years, and his contract has 80mm (of which 40mm is deferred money) and return to free agents. After a season, Bregman cut the .273/.360/.462 3.5 War in 114 games, as Baseball Reference and Fangraphs, which seemed like a good option and he will take advantage of the opportunity. For now, though, Bregman has been keeping his mom about his plans. He told reporters on Thursday (including Chris Cotillo of Masalif) “Not even thinking about it” He is about to lose to the Yankees at the club in Game 3 of the Al Wild Card series.
The same goes for shortstop Trevor’s Storyhe told reporters (including Cotillo) that his upcoming decision was “It’s not the mind’s mind,” Although he did admit that he came to Boston, he hoped to stick with one “long time.” Story has a two-year contract guaranteed two-year and 55mm guarantee, with the $5mm of 5mm coming in the form of an acquisition of the 25mm club option for the 2028 season. While Bregman’s Banner Year seems likely to make him an opt-out lockdown, the story is a more marginal case. Between 2022 and 2024, he played only 163 games in Boston, with less than average offenses, but enjoyed the 2025 campaign, where he played 157 games in 157 games while cutting .263/.308/.433 and 25 home runs and 31 steals in 654 sectors. He also improved as the season progressed, reaching .291/.336/.490 in 75 games starting on July 1.
That kind of production makes it easy for you to imagine the story beats his current guarantee in free agency, especially in a market with fewer quality shortstops Bo Bichette. On the other hand, he entered the 33-year-old season and has a long history of injury, which could draw attention to providing long-term deals, and his approximate league average offense (101 WRC+) isn’t that kind of impressive production that motivates the team to invest in the average annual value of a player. If Bregman and the story are walking this winter, that will make the Red Sox Christian Campbell,,,,, Marcelo Mayer,,,,, Triston Casasand Ceddanne Rafaela One of the young players in the organization, theoretically picking up gloves on next year’s dirt.
