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Former Red Sox manager
John Farrell recently announced that he will be joining the scouting staff of the Cincinnati Reds. So, it's a little strange that today it was announced that
Farrell will also be joining the on-air staff of ESPN's Baseball Tonight. Thus, it's hardly likely that Farrell will be dishing out neutral commentary on pitchers
on the Cincinnati team or
facing the Cincinnati team or ones who might someday become
part of the Cincinnati team. Isn't this a rather blatant conflict of interest? Obviously, other managers have taken media gigs in between MLB assignments—like
Terry Francona and
Alex Cora—but doing
both at the same time seems a little sordid. Then again, it's
ESPN—
The Worldwide Leader In Conflicts of Interest.
