I was going to write about who I thought the three top potential GM candidates might be…Josh Byrnes, Kim Ng, and Chaim Bloom. My money was on Chaim Bloom, Rays Senior VP Baseball Operations. For those who may want to know a little more about Chaim; https://www.mlb.com/rays/team/front-office/chaim-bloom.
However, I nixed that idea because Andrew has come out and said that Farhan’s duties could be assumed by existing personnel; himself, Josh Byrnes, Vice President of Baseball Operations, Alex Slater, Director of Development and Scouting, and Brandon Gomes, Director of Player Development. That has many different and believable scenarios. My favorite reason is that Andrew did not like the many lineup machinations, and the all or nothing roster with Farhan, and he wants better control as long as he is in the final year of his 5-year contract.