Former Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington has emerged as a candidate for the Pirates open general manager job, according to Ken Rosenthal.
Former #RedSox GM Ben Cherington has emerged as a candidate to be the #Pirates’ new head of baseball operations, sources tell The Athletic. Cherington, 45, was the Sox GM from Oct. 2011 to Aug. 2015, and has been the #BlueJays’ VP of baseball operations since Sept. 2016.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 8, 2019
Cherington, 45, was the Red Sox's GM from October 2011 to August 2015.