The Red Sox last month "quietly parted ways" with Senior Adviser of Baseball Projects JEREMY KAPSTEIN as President of Baseball Operations DAVE DOMBROWSKI "didn’t renew his contract after 14 years," according to Nick Cafardo of the BOSTON GLOBE. Kapstein was "brought to the organization" by former President & CEO LARRY LUCCHINO, who recently "stepped down" and was replaced by SAM KENNEDY. Kapstein: "I’m very disappointed, but I am grateful for the 14 seasons I was part of a great Red Sox organization." Dombrowski: "I have the utmost respect for Jeremy for all that he’s accomplished in this game. ... As I was putting together our scouting staff I just couldn’t fit a full-time role for him." Cafardo noted during Kaptein's time as a player agent, he "was one of the first to use statistics to defend his players in arbitration, and he still owns one of the best records against the owners." Kapstein had the "uncanny ability to evaluate players and situations." He "could tell you everything that was right and wrong with a player, and his percentage of being right was astonishing." Kapstein: "I certainly want to continue in baseball and make a contribution wherever that might be. I love the game and the people in the game" (BOSTON GLOBE, 11/1).
