Just one month after a World Series championship, Boston Red Sox Senior Vice President of Player Personnel Allard Baird is leaving the team to join the New York Mets front office, according to Ken Rosenthal. He will assume the role of Vice President/Assistant GM of Scouting and Player Development for the Mets.
Baird has been with Boston since 2006, where he first started as a special assignment scout. He quickly rose through the organization and eventually became an assistant to GM Theo Epstein later that year. In 2011, Baird was named Vice President of Player Personnel and Scouting, a position he held until taking on his most recent role in 2015.