Red Sox Hire Taylor Smith From Rays For Possible AGM Role

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The Red Sox are nearing a deal to hire Taylor Smith for an unspecified analytics-based role in the club's front office, according to MassLive.com's Sean McAdam and Chris Cotillo . Smith could be joining the ranks as an assistant general manager, which would presumably also come with some type of VP title like Boston's other four assistant GMs under chief baseball officer Craig Breslow.

Smith had been working with the Rays as Tampa Bay's director of predictive modeling. He has been with the organization since graduating from the University of Georgia in 2018, and Smith was initially hired as an analyst in Tampa's research and development team. He'll now head to a larger role in Boston, becoming the latest in a seemingly endless line of Rays staffers hired by other teams to try and learn from Tampa Bay's consistent success in player development.

Good luck Boston. Nothing good comes from hiring Rays analytics unless the team is willing to spend the money like the Dodgers. This usually means teams are looking for cheaper production so owners don't have to pay up. I know that feeling every season.

Rays ⁘ So true! With the Red Sox publicly stating they don't plan to contend until at least 2026, they are relying on Rays employees to keep them within shouting distance of a Wildcard.

Actually, the run on hiring personnel out of the Rays organization has become crazy. Get in there at a low level and one can jump up in their careers. It's just nuts.