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3 candidates insiders view as possible Chaim Bloom replacements

A number of names listed as potential replacements for former Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom have popped up in the days following his firing.

Cleveland Guardians’ president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti and Oakland Athletics’ general manager David Forst were listed as possibilities by MLB Network’s Jon Morosi just a couple of hours after the news broke.

Los Angeles Dodgers’ general manager Brandon Gomes was another potential candidate floated by WEEI’s Rob Bradford.

Chris Antonetti

Antonetti, who has ties to New England through graduating high school in Connecticut as well as earning a degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has worked as a baseball executive since 1998.