Daily Red Sox Links: Chaim Bloom, Mookie Betts, Jason Varitek

Chaim Bloom is not offering many hints on the managerial search. (Ian Browne; RedSox.com)

He also indicated the team could go into spring training with a manager in place. (Jimmy Golen; Boston.com)

Speaking of Bloom, Jen McCaffrey has a cool look back at his start with his time interning for Baseball Prospectus. (Jen McCaffrey; The Athletic)

Chris Cotillo examines early differences between Bloom and Dave Dombrowski. (Chris Cotillo; Masslive)

How much did the Red Sox benefit from their alleged sign-stealing scheme? (Jake Mailhot; FanGraphs)

The pros and cons of trading Mookie Betts, as well as a couple of other stars. (Craig Edwards; ESPN)

Triston Casas is growing, both physically and in the eyes of his team. (John Tomase; NBC Sports Boston)

Our heroes are getting older. (Stan Grossfield; Boston Globe)