Why Red Sox Fans Owe Former Boston GMs A Massive Thank You
These two ex-Red Sox GMs have given Boston a major boost this year.
Why Red Sox Fans Owe Former Boston GMs A Massive Thank You originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . While it's not even Memorial Day yet, the early returns from the Boston Red Sox 's offseason moves have been pretty good so far.
Willson Contreras, Sonny Gray and Ranger Suarez have all been outstanding, contributing 3. 3 WAR combined. The issue is that many of the team's holdovers have either underperformed or gotten hurt, including Garrett Crochet, Roman Anthony, Trevor Story and Jarren Duran.
Interestingly, Contreras, Gray and Suarez all came from organizations run by former Red Sox front office leaders. Contreras and Gray both came via trades with the St. Louis Cardinals, which is led by Chaim Bloom.
Suarez was previously a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, but was allowed to leave in free agency by Dave Dombrowski. As bad as the Red Sox have been this year, it’s crazy to think about how even worse they’d be had they not received the Gray and Contreras donations from the Chaim Bloom Charitable Foundation. Chaim just has no interest in keeping solid big leaguers.