At his introductory press conference, Dave Dombrowksi made it abundantly clear that baseball operations will now run though him and that he will be making the final decisions.
But is it really that simple? Will John Henry and Tom Werner indeed slide out of the way and let Dombrowski do the job for which he was hired?
Dan Shaughnessy stopped by Sports Sunday to discuss whether or not Dombrowski will truly be empowered as such as well as the departure of Ben Cherington. Watch the video above to see what he thinks.