Pawtucket Red Sox manager Torey Lovullo eager to get started

Over the years, the Boston Red Sox have established a track record of promoting from within the organization.

That wasn’t the case when it came time to name a new manager for the Pawtucket Red Sox, after the garrulous Ron Johnson was promoted to Boston as the Red Sox’ first base coach.

The Red Sox reached out to the Cleveland Indians and scooped up Torey Lovullo, who was with that organization for nine years.

"His communication ability, his ability to develop relationships with the players and his teaching ability are the three things we feel very strongly about," Boston’s director of player development Mike Hazen said while explaining the thought process that went into hiring Lovullo. "He’s a very good baseball man."

"I’ve known him for about 10 years. We feel very confident that Torey’s the right guy to develop our players and help them reach the next level."