Amid an offseason so far failing to be “full throttle” as previously promised, the Red Sox made a welcome addition to their ownership group. The franchise may have also reportedly admitted fault regarding its baseball team.
Fenway Sports Group announced the hiring of former Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein as a part owner and senior advisor of FSG Friday. The move reportedly came partially because of the ownership group’s growing investment portfolio and thus lack of focus on the Red Sox.
“According to people with an understanding of the arrangement between Epstein and the Red Sox, he was brought back into the fold,” MassLive’s Chris Cotillo and Sean McAdam wrote, “At least in part, due to Red Sox ownership privately acknowledging that they have, at times, not given the club the attention it has deserved in recent years as the FSG portfolio has rapidly grown.