Chicago — The Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night announced Dave Dombrowski, fired by the Tigers this month after 14 years on the job, will be their next president of baseball operations.
Red Sox GM Ben Cherington will not be staying on in Boston, out of a job less than two years after winning a World Series.
Red Sox president Larry Lucchino stepped down Aug. 1 — the same day Tigers owner Mike Ilitch called Al Avila and made him the team’s new general manager.
Dombrowski was informed he was out of a job Aug.