Just over a year ago, the Boston Red Sox fired chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, who served in the role for four seasons, and eventually replaced him with Craig Breslow.
After his firing, Bloom joined the St. Louis Cardinals organization as an advisor to their president of baseball operations John Mozeliak.
Now, it looks like Bloom is taking on a new project for the Cardinals.
According to The Athletic's Katie Woo, Bloom will oversee an overhaul of St. Louis' player development system and will be responsible for hiring their new director of player development.
"The Cardinals hired Bloom before the 2024 season as a special advisor to Mozeliak. He spent the year canvassing the minor leagues, observing the staff in place and evaluating what technology was being used. More notably, he took note of what technology was absent. Mozeliak’s hiring of Bloom was strategic in that regard. Bloom’s extensive background in player development and analytics, specifically during his 16 seasons with Rays, was precisely what Mozeliak thought would help the Cardinals... It was clear from the start that Bloom would be asked to survey the minor leagues. Now he’ll be responsible for fixing them. What Bloom’s promotion means for Mozeliak and his eventual successor is not yet clear. Mozeliak’s contract is up after 2025, and he’s said publicly he plans to step down from his position after this term."
While in Boston, Bloom drafted all four of the Red Sox's top four prospects (Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, Kristian Campbell and Kyle Teel), who could all be up in the big leagues to start 2025.
It may take some time, but the fruits of Bloom's labor are starting to pay off in Boston, and St. Louis is hoping to get the same.
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