Shortly after the Red Sox announced that John Farrell would not be returning as manager for the 2018 season, the club’s president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski held a press conference at Fenway Park to address the media.
“I want to start by thanking John Farrell for what he has done for the Boston Red Sox organization over the years,” Dombrowski said to open his remarks. “To me, I thought it was an appropriate time to make a change for the betterment of the organization moving forward. You weigh a lot of different things that come into play, you watch day in and day out over a season, and you come up with a decision based upon that.