What kind of leader is Craig Breslow?

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty ImagesHere’s something that’s been gnawing at me.

In The Clubhouse: A Year With the Red Sox, E6, “Buyers or Sellers,” just at the 25-minute mark, Craig Breslow meets with front office staff and announces that he wants to acquire James Paxton at the trade deadline. Did anyone else take issue with his leadership style, or was it just me?

Here’s what I heard in that scene. Over the course of about twenty seconds, Breslow briefly describes to the room, in a general way, why he wants to trade for Paxton and what to do with “whoever he displaced.” While I’m certain there were multiple, more detailed conversations that occurred off-camera, it’s clear that this is…