Alex Verdugo’s thoughts on Chaim Bloom’s dismissal: Following the major Red Sox news on Thursday that the team had parted ways with chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, one player with a particularly notable link to the now-former executive was asked about it.
Alex Verdugo, one of the players Bloom acquired from the Dodgers in return for the controversial Mookie Betts trade in 2020, said he doesn’t think about in those terms.
“For me, our relationship was a good one, man,” Verdugo told reporters of Bloom. “He wanted the best for me.