Red Sox will begin GM search internally

BOSTON — Dave Dombrowski’s search for the next general manager of the Red Sox will start within the organization.

Dombrowski, Boston’s president of baseball operations, took the same approach last year when he appointed Mike Hazen to that role.

Hazen was officially introduced as GM of the D-backs at a news conference in Arizona on Monday. A couple of hours before that, Dombrowski held a conference call with the Boston media to discuss his search for a successor.

“As far as what we’re going to do, we’ll start talking to people internally first, about replacing Mike and replacing his responsibilities, and then what happens from there, we’ll see what happens if we need to go outside or not,” said Dombrowski.

The GM of the Red Sox doesn’t carry the traditional role of that job. Dombrowski is the lead decision-maker for baseball operations.

Dombrowski is the first to admit how many talented individuals he has alongside him in Boston, which is why he will interview those candidates first. A year ago, Dombrowski felt it was vital to hire an internal GM because he was still getting to know the ins and outs of the organization after being hired in mid-August.

“I think that, ideally, you’d like to stay internal,” Dombrowski said. “People here are good. It’s not as strong in importance where it really weighed heavily for Mike last year. It’s not quite as strong of importance, but I also don’t mean to say that it favors somebody coming from outside the organization.”

Here is a short list of internal candidates who could be interviewed by Dombrowski: Senior vice president of …

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