Can finally remove the "interim" tag.
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The #RedSox today announced that they have exercised the club?s 2029 and 2030 contract options on Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow and named Chad Tracy the team?s 49th manager in club history, agreeing to a three-year contract that will run through the 2029 season with a club option in 2030.
Interesting timing on Chad Tracy. Why with 6 games left in the season? Why wait all this time, why not just wait until the end of the season at this point? Makes it seem like they were waiting for them to clinch the playoffs, which if it is the case, seems silly.
The only thing I can think of is that maybe Tracy didn't want to have the conversation while focusing on making the playoffs? But at the same time didn't want to wait until after the playoffs in case things went poorly? That still seems weird
That actually makes sense. Don't risk jinxing it until the magic number is officially zero, and then get it out of the way before the playoffs so they can't talk incessantly about why he is still just the interim manager. I expect they had private conversations along the way, so not so much that they didn't want to have the private conversations, they are trying to minimize the potential impact on the team. In a week, when the playoffs start, this will be old news I guess, which is good.
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