The Red Sox’ search for a general manager has taken a turn following an assistant GM’s recent departure.

Two weeks after announcing that he planned to hire a GM after the season , chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, as well as president Sam Kennedy, told The Boston Globe ’s Tim Healey that the organization is taking a step back from the hiring hunt.

“It’s something that we’ve talked about, but no concrete plans,” Kennedy said to Healey following Thursday’s season-ending Wild Card series loss to the New York Yankees.

“It’s something that I will take stock of once we get through [the postseason],” Breslow said. “I’ll figure out how we want to put the front office together in a way that is best for the organization.”

The shift comes in the wake of former Boston assistant GM Pau

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