The Red Sox are parting ways with assistant hitting coach Ben Rosenthal, reports Chris Cotillo of MassLive. It’s possible that’ll be the only change to Alex Cora’s staff.
Rob Bradford of WEEI reported over the weekend that bench coach Ramón Vázquez, hitting coach Peter Fatse, pitching coach Andrew Bailey, bullpen coach Chris Holt, and base coaches José David Flores and Kyle Hudson would all be back. Cotillo reports that the same is true for assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson, catching instructor Parker Guinn and game planning/run prevention coach Jason Varitek — assuming none of that group leave to pursue better opportunities with another club.
Rosenthal joined the Sox over the 2021-22 offseason. A former minor league player, Rosenthal had coached in college and in the Astros’ farm system before joining Boston’s MLB staff. For his first three seasons, Rosenthal worked alongside Luis Ortiz as an assistant hitting coach under Fatse. The Red Sox parted ways with Ortiz and added Lawson onto the MLB staff last season. It stands to reason they’ll now look for a new assistant hitting coach to split duties with Lawson.
Please tell me Ben Rosenthal is related to Ken, per chance?
Fun fact, he’s the son of Phil Rosenthal, writer and producer of Everybody Loves Raymond. Apparently, Ben was actually in an episode of ELR, possibly as a trick-or-treater in 1998
Founder of Panera, Ken Rosenthal???
Roid – No, Ken was never a rock musician.
Didn’t found Panera, but ran Corner Bakery into the ground. Good riddance
Talk about a scapegoat, the guys who should have been fired are obviously Fatso and Lawson.
The hitting coach is always to blame.
This is the wrong answer. Wait too long, like always, and Yek will be in another dugout.
He’s interviewed in the recent past which means insterest. Give him his shot already.