After a third-place finish in the American League East this season, the Boston Red Sox failed to make the playoffs for the third straight year. But just because

Craig Breslow just made the most significant front office hire of his tenure in charge of the Red Sox, poaching executive Taylor Smith from the Tampa Bay Rays. Smith graduated from college in 2018 and has worked for the Rays for seven years,

The Red Sox are nearing a deal to hire Taylor Smith for an unspecified analytics-based role in the club's front

Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has held his position for roughly a calendar year now. During that time he's been evaluating the front office, and he's ready to make changes. According to MassLive's Sean McAdam and Chris Cotillo,