Chaim Bloom issued his first statement since he was fired by the Red Sox on Friday.
In the statement, Bloom thanked Red Sox owner John Henry, team chairman Tom Werner, Major League operations director Mike Regan, and president/CEO Sam Kennedy for his near-four seasons at the helm.
“I will always be grateful to John, Tom, Mike, and Sam for trusting me to lead the Red Sox baseball operations department,” Bloom said in a statement to multiple reporters. “Every day, I gave my teammates and this organization everything I had, and I never took a second for granted.