16 Facts About Chaim Bloom

Chaim David Bloom is an American sports executive who is the Chief Baseball Officer for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.

Chaim Bloom previously worked for the Tampa Bay Rays, most recently as Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations.

Chaim Bloom's father Benjamin Bloom is an ophthalmologist, and his mother Esther Stern-Bloom is a retired Hebrew and French teacher.

Chaim Bloom attended Jewish day schools, first at Solomon Schechter Day School of Philadelphia, and then at Akiba Hebrew Academy in Greater Philadelphia, graduating in 2000.

In 2004, Chaim Bloom received a bachelor's degree in Latin Classics from Yale College, where he was a member of The Society of Orpheus and Bacchus.

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Chaim Bloom's first entry into the baseball world was an article in Baseball Prospectus in 1997, and he continued writing for it until he joined the Rays.

Chaim Bloom began working for the Tampa Bay Rays in February 2005 as an intern, was hired by the Rays full-time to work in Minor League Operations in October 2005.

Chaim Bloom was promoted to Assistant Director of Minor League Operations in 2008, with responsibility for all aspects of the team's minor league system, including player evaluation and assignments, expansion of video, strength and conditioning, and mental skills initiatives, creating of the "Rays Way" player development manual, and executing individual development plans for organization's prospects.

Chaim Bloom was named Director of Baseball Operations in 2011, expanding his job to include contract negotiations, salary arbitration, budgeting, and overseeing major league support staff and international scouting.

Chaim Bloom's responsibilities expanded to include his overseeing domestic and international player development, a newly created baseball performance science department, trade negotiations, pro, amateur, and international scouting philosophy, personnel additions and changes throughout baseball operations, and short- and long-term strategic planning.

Chaim Bloom was named Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations in 2016, second in command behind President of Baseball Operations Matthew Silverman.

Chaim Bloom was an early user of breakthrough strategies, now more widely used, such as a much heavier emphasis on shifts and the use of openers.

Chaim Bloom is known for his prowess in developing starting pitchers.

In 2015, Chaim Bloom interviewed for the general manager position with the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers; in 2016 with the Minnesota Twins, and 2018 with the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets; Chaim Bloom was a finalist for the Mets' position.

Since the Red Sox were trying to reduce salary and get under the luxury tax threshold for the 2020 season and in the future, Chaim Bloom was hired because of his experience at managing a low payroll on the Rays.

Chaim Bloom subsequently hired Alex Cora to return as the team's manager after a year away from baseball, announced in November 2020.