SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Craig Breslow was already plenty familiar with the area around this year’s general managers’ meetings, less than 15 miles down the road from the Cubs’ spring training complex in Mesa, Arizona. But as the new voice of the Red Sox’ front office, standing in the middle of a scrum of reporters from Boston, he was venturing into new territory.
Amid the tumult of the Cubs hiring of manager Craig Counsell and firing of David Ross, Breslow’s presence Tuesday in a media session for American League baseball operations officials was a reminder of the work the Cubs still have to do in filling out their front office after the Red Sox named Breslow their chief baseball officer on Oct. 25.
