Trouble in Beantown. The Red Sox signed Alex Bregman for three years and $120 million to play third base for them. A cause for celebration, eh?
But wait, they already have a third baseman, Rafael Devers. No problem; they will make Rafael a full-time DH.
But wait, nobody consulted with Rafael about this, and now he is refusing to change positions. And, he is just entering year 2 of a 10-year, $300 million contract.
Bregman, to his credit, said he will move wherever the team needs him. The trouble with that is, apparently Bregman is significantly better defensively at 3B than Devers.
Aaaaand, here is all of Bregman's experience at 2B:
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Craig Breslow is the Chief Baseball Officer (I think that means "general manager") of the Boston Red Sox. He's getting paid a good amount of money to generally manage things better than this.
"During his MLB career, he was called the 'smartest man in baseball' by reporters at the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Wall Street Journal." That may be true of baseball, but not necessarily about business and personnel management.