The Boston Red Sox officially promoted Mike Hazen to general manager Thursday, the team confirmed. Hazen takes over for Ben Cherington, who resigned shortly after Dave Dombrowski was named president of baseball operations.
Hazen has been with the organization for roughly a decade after becoming the director of player development in 2006. Yahoo Sports' Jeff Passan sees the hiring of Hazen having little impact on the Red Sox in terms of front-office turnover:
If Mike Hazen is the new GM in Boston, as @JonHeymanCBS is reporting, a lot of the Red Sox's best front-office types are expected to stay.