Breslow, a Connecticut native who graduated from Yale with a degree in molecular biology, was long heralded as one of the brightest players in the game. While he has relatively little front office experience compared to most people put in charge of baseball operations departments, there are similarities between Breslow and Rangers GM Chris Young.
Young was a longtime pitcher who spent three years as an executive in the MLB Commissioner’s office, then spent just under two years as the second-ranking front-office member in Texas alongside president of baseball operations Jon Daniels. When Daniels was fired last August, Young was elevated to lead the team’s baseball operations last August, when longtime president of baseball operations Jon Daniels was fired. In his first full year running the Rangers, Texas has advanced to the World Series.
Breslow also has a number of pre-existing relationships with the Red Sox from his time with the team. He played with Alex Cora in 2006 and 2007, got to know members of the team’s current senior leadership team and ownership group as a more prominent part of the big league roster from 2012-15, and continues to take part in Red Sox alumni events. He attended the team’s Winter Weekend festivities in Springfield in January, when the Sox brought back several members of the 2013 championship team, and was also present in April when the Sox commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Marathon Bombings.
