It turns out Dave Dombrowski won't exactly be cleaning house in the Red Sox front office.
Hired last month as Boston's president of baseball operations, Dombrowski has decided to stay in-house and promote Mike Hazen to general manager, the team announced Thursday.
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Hazen, 39, had served as assistant general manager under Ben Cherington, who was bumped out when Dombrowski came aboard. He has been in the Red Sox front office since 2006, serving in a variety of roles, after previously spending five years working for the Indians.
A Massachusetts native, Hazen played baseball at Princeton and was a 31st-round draft pick by the Padres in 1998, going on to play two seasons in the minors before becoming a scout for Cleveland.
Hazen has interviewed for GM jobs with the Dodgers and Padres in recent years and has drawn praise for his work with Boston's minor-league pipeline.
