The Red Sox fired Chaim Bloom as the team's chief baseball officer last Thursday. Bloom, who was hired in the 2019-20 off-season, had one year remaining on his five-year contract.
While the timing of the announcement may have been unexpected, the decision "did not come as a surprise", according to Alex Speier of the Globe. Under Bloom's direction, the Red Sox were little better than a .500 team (267-262, ranking 15th among 30 teams since 2020) and have a solid chance to finish in the AL East basement in three of Bloom's four seasons.
They finished last in 2020 (a COVID-compressed, 60-game campaign) and 2022, and [are currently in last place, two games behind the fourth-place Yankees].