WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Nationals are set to hire Boston Red Sox senior vice president and assistant general manager Paul Toboni to run their baseball operations department, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because Toboni’s move to the Nationals had not been announced.

Toboni, 35, was with the Red Sox for a decade, starting there as an intern in 2015, then moving up through their scouting department until becoming an assistant GM in November 2023. He had been expected to be a candidate for the general manager job in Boston under chief baseball officer Craig Breslow .

In Washington, Toboni takes over a club that is in the final days of its sixth consecutive losing season since win

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