Red Sox Reportedly Taking Slower Approach to Managerial Search

Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in less than three weeks, and the Boston Red Sox are one of two teams left in baseball that don't have a manager, but that doesn't mean they're in any rush.

MLB.com Red Sox reporter Ian Browne reported today on Twitter that the Red Sox are taking "a more methodical approach" to finding a manager.

For whatever reason, the Red Sox are clearly taking a more methodical approach to finding a manager than the Astros and Mets. My hunch is that the candidate will be internal, and that would explain not needing to rush as much.
— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) January 22, 2020

The other two organizations affected by this year's cheating revelations, the Houston Astros and New York Mets, have shown more urgency in filling their managerial vacancy. The Mets, despite being the last of the three clubs to fire their managers, have already found a replacement with the hiring of Luis Rojas.

Meanwhile the Astros have already completed two interviews with veteran manger Dusty Baker, and former bench coach and current ESPN analyst Eduardo Perez.

Dusty Baker arrived in Houston tonight to interview with the #Astros tomorrow. He was thinking of former Astros manager AJ Hinch while doing this interview at Bush IAH: “I love AJ Hinch. I feel badly for him. I’m just trying.I’m just trying to come here & help pick up the pieces” pic.twitter.com/SL4JUPPeNw
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) January 20, 2020

The belief for the Red Sox is that they will look to internal options to fill their vacancy, similar to what the Mets did with promoting Rojas from his previous position of quality control coach.

REPORT: Red Sox stole signs electronically during 2018 championship season. MORE: https://t.co/6Y72axKrGc pic.twitter.com/3IYmsY5o1v
— YES Network (@YESNetwork) January 7, 2020

The right name might keep things quiet around Boston. The current favorite to land the job is former captain Jason Varitek, a fan favorite in Boston who has served as a special assistant to chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom.