Why the Red Sox Fired Dave Dombrowski After He Delivered a Championship

Dave Dombrowski did what the Red Sox sought him to do: win a World Series title. Eleven months after the team paraded through Boston with a trophy, it became clear what the Red Sox needed from their top baseball executive was different than what Dombrowski provided. So they fired him.

BOSTON — When the Red Sox hired Dave Dombrowski as president of baseball operations on Aug. 18, 2015, they hired him to build a championship club as quickly as possible, prospects and money be damned. He built three consecutive first-place teams, a run of which the franchise had never seen, including the World Series champions of just 11 months ago. He traded prospects for stars and carried the most expensive…