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Red Sox bring in ex-Tigers boss Dombrowski to run club

FILE - In this March 17, 2015, file photo, Dave Dombrowski, then-Detroit Tigers general manager, waits for a spring training baseball game between the Tigers and the Washington Nationals in Lakeland, Fla. The Boston Red Sox have hired former Tigers boss Dombrowski as the team’s new president. The Red Sox also said Tuesday, Aug. 18, that general manager Ben Cherington is leaving the club, two years after building the 2013 World Series champions. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) FILE - In this March 17, 2015, file photo, Dave Dombrowski, then-Detroit Tigers general manager, waits for a spring training baseball game between the Tigers and the Washington Nationals in Lakeland, Fla. The Boston Red Sox have hired former Tigers boss Dombrowski as the team’s new president. The Red Sox also said Tuesday, Aug. 18, that general manager Ben Cherington is leaving the club, two years after building the 2013 World Series champions. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

By Associated Press August 19, 2015 1 min read

BOSTON (AP) – New team president Dave Dombrowski says he’ll talk to Red Sox manager John Farrell after he gets healthy again.

Farrell was diagnosed with a treatable form of cancer last week. He began chemotherapy on Tuesday – the same day Dombrowski was hired to take over the rebuilding of the club that’s headed for its third last-place finish in four years.

Dombrowski says the most important thing is that Farrell takes care of his health. Then they can worry about getting together.

Dombrowski was introduced at a news conference at Fenway Park on Wednesday. He says he plans to hire a general manager to replace Ben Cherington, who declined the offer to stay in a diminished role.