The last-place Boston Red Sox shook up their front office on Tuesday night, hiring Dave Dombrowski as their president of baseball operations and saying goodbye to General Manager Ben Cherington.
Dombrowski joins the Red Sox — his fifth major league club — immediately. The team said in a news release during its game against the Cleveland Indians that Cherington “declined the opportunity to continue as general manager but has agreed to assist Mr. Dombrowski during the transition.”
Dombrowski built a World Series champion with the Florida Marlins and took Detroit to the Series twice, winning four straight American League Central titles in 14 years in the Tigers’ front office.