Chaim Bloom Accepting Red Sox Job in Offseason is Turning Out to Be a Disaster for the Young Executive

When 36-year-old Chaim Bloom accepted the job to become the Boston Red Sox next Chief Baseball Officer, it looked like such a great opportunity for the young executive. He went from Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays, the team with the smallest payroll in baseball in 2019, to CBO of the Red Sox, the team with the highest payroll in 2019. Everything seemed perfect for Bloom to take over.

Since then, the circumstances surrounding his tenure have been largely disastrous.

Since Bloom's takeover in October, he has had to deal with his manager's involvement in the Houston Astros' cheating scandal, which subsequently got him fired, an investigation by MLB into the 2018 team that won the World Series, the backlash from the trade that sent Mookie Betts and David Price to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and now a new injury to Chris Sale that is sending Bloom's reign into an even further tailspin.

This could turn out to be a great thing for Bloom; if he deals with all the controversy and obstacles with grace, it could make him look like a great executive. However, if he at all stumbles in the bright lights of Boston when actually forced to dig out of this hole and create a new franchise from the ashes, it could further tarnish his reputation.

Whether ultimately a great thing for Bloom or not, this is a trying time for his Sox.