After spending the vast majority of his career in baseball navigating the American League East, Chaim Bloom made the trip over to the National League, looking to conquer the NL Central as the new head decision maker for the St. Louis Cardinals.
While he had vastly different experiences, resources, and expectations between Tampa Bay and Boston, the environment that the AL East brings is unlike any other division in baseball. The Yankees, Red Sox, and Blue Jays are major spenders, the Orioles built one of the best farm systems in baseball in recent years, and the Rays have to find a way to compete with a fraction of the resources.