The next time the Rays play the Red Sox, they’ll be facing off against a team shaped by their former senior vice president of baseball operations, Chaim Bloom, who was introduced as Boston’s chief baseball officer on Monday.

“I think this is something that is well deserved and well overdue,” said Rays general manager Erik Neander. “The destination itself, I guess, provides the benefit of seeing him a lot more often over the course of the season and get to compete against him.”

• Red Sox hire Bloom to be chief baseball officer

Bloom, 36, had been with the Rays’ organization since he was hired as an intern in 2004. He had a multitude of roles during his 15-year tenure. Bloom was instrumental in helping build relationships within the organization, as well as beefing up a farm system that is now ranked No. 2 in the Majors by MLB Pipeline.

“I feel that I’m more knowledgeable in this position now than I was five years ago due in large part to Erik, [team president] Matt [Silverman], Chaim and the rest of the group,” said Rays manager Kevin Cash. “This is an incredible opportunity for an outstanding person and family.”

The Rays aren’t directly filling Bloom’s position, but they are promoting Peter Bendix to vice president of baseball ops, joining James Click and Carlos Rodriguez, who are in baseball VP roles. The three will handle some of the duties that were previously handled by Bloom.

“We’re going to stay internal to fill Chaim’s shoes, and it won’t be one single person filling the vacated space,” Neander said. “Those plans have been developed and modified over the last several years with respect to how I think we’re going to structure things here.”

With Bendix, the Rays are rewarding someone within the organization that has gained experience. Bendix has been around the team since ‘09 as a baseball ops intern and has traveled with the team in the past.

“Pete has been a mainstay in our baseball operation group for some time now,” Neander said. “In many respects, he serves as a bridge between research and development concepts and a variety of other information in our operation. A communicator of information – and, really, in all directions -- and that’s invaluable to us as we continue to grow and expand.”

Neander said on Monday that Bloom won’t be taking any other personnel with him to the Red Sox. Bloom will adapt some of the same structure the Rays have had with his new club, but Neander doesn’t believe that Tampa Bay is in any particular disadvantage with Bloom staying in the division.

“I think in today’s game, it’s changing so quickly and, at the end of the day, I think our greatest strength is our people,” Neander said. “We’re all just one of 250, myself included.”