In a stunning early-season move, the Red Sox have fired manager Alex Cora, per Jeff Passan of ESPN. According to Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald, Triple-A manager Chad Tracy will serve as interim manager for the big-league club. Many of Cora’s coaching staff are also being let go. Per Julian McWilliams of CBS Sports, the club is parting ways with hitting coaches Pete Fatse and Dillon Lawson. Passan adds that bench coach Ramon Vazquez and third base coach Kyle Hudson have also been let go. Chris Cotillo of MassLive adds hitting strategy coach Joe Cronin to the list. Per Ari Alexander of 7News Boston, game planning and run prevention coach Jason Varitek is being reassigned to a different role in the organization.
Red Sox owner John Henry issued the following statement:
Alex Cora led this organization to one of the greatest seasons in Red Sox history in 2018, and for that, and the many years that followed, he will always have our deepest gratitude. He has had a lasting impact on this team and on this city. He has led on and off the field in so many important ways. These decisions are never easy, but this one is especially difficult given what Alex has meant to the Red Sox since the day he arrived.
I want to thank Alex, our coaches, and their families for everything they have given to this organization. They have been part of this club in a way that goes beyond the field, and they will always have our respect and gratitude.
The Red Sox are off to a brutal 10-17 start in 2026. They are currently in last place in the AL East. That kind of performance is well below expectations for a club that earned a Wild Card spot in last year’s playoffs and made several moves to upgrade the roster during the offseason. It is difficult to say how much of that blame is on Cora as the manager, but evidently, the club felt a massive shakeup was necessary to break out of their slump.
Cora has served as the team’s manager since 2018, save for a one-year absence in 2020 while serving a suspension for his role in the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal. He compiled a 620-541 (.534) record in his time leading the Red Sox. His first season was undoubtedly his best, as the team won 108 games and defeated the Dodgers in five games to claim their fourth World Series title of the century.
Since returning from his suspension, the club’s performance under Cora has been less consistent. A 92-win season in 2021 was followed by last-place finishes in 2022-23, a .500 season in 2024, and 89 wins in 2025. Nonetheless, he is regarded as one of the top managers in the game and widely respected by his players. The team signed him to a three-year, $21.75MM extension in July 2024, which covered the 2025-27 seasons. The $7.25MM annual salary made Cora one of the highest-paid managers in the game.
The extension was also notable because it followed a recent change in baseball operations leadership. Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom was fired in September 2023. He was replaced by Craig Breslow. Given the change in top brass, it was fair to wonder if Cora would stay beyond 2024, the last year of his contract. The fact that Cora was extended through 2027 signaled confidence in his leadership and a desire for continuity under Breslow. In that context, Cora’s departure less than halfway through the extension is even more surprising.
In the end, the team’s performance this year may have simply been bad enough for club executives to want a change. Red Sox hitters have batted just .226/.306/.335 through their first 26 games, not including today’s blowout win. That amounts to a 78 wRC+, which ranks dead last in the Majors. Among their qualified hitters, Wilyer Abreu (130 wRC+) and trade acquisition Willson Contreras (115 wRC+) are the only ones performing at an above-average level. The other hitters range from below-average to downright dreadful.
It is still very early in the season, so small sample sizes need to be taken into account. However, the fact that the team’s offense is collectively struggling to this extent is more worrisome than if merely one or two players were underperforming. As with Cora as manager, it’s hard to say how much of that falls on the coaching staff, though it is noteworthy that most of the departing staff members are hitting coaches rather than pitching coaches.
On the pitching side, pitching coach Andrew Bailey and bullpen coach Chris Holt will remain in their roles, according to Cotillo. Red Sox pitchers have underperformed just like the hitters, though the club is undoubtedly banking on positive regression as the season goes on. Garrett Crochet is off to a rough start, including a 10 earned run shelling on April 13, but he is one of the top five starters in the game and will surely recover. The team signed Ranger Suarez to a five-year deal over the offseason, and he is due for positive regression as well.
Like the offense, the rotation has talented young players like Connelly Early, Brayan Bello, and Payton Tolle at its disposal. However, the club may have greater confidence in the pitching staff’s ability to rebound due to the track records of veterans Crochet, Suarez, and Sonny Gray (who is currently injured). The bullpen, which has a 3.73 ERA, similarly features veterans Aroldis Chapman and Garrett Whitlock. In contrast, most of the offensive struggles are from talented players with shorter track records, such as Caleb Durbin and Ceddanne Rafaela, as well as veterans who have struggled in recent years, like Trevor Story.
More to come.
Holy moly….
After the way Bello pitched yesterday, I was wondering if the players may have quit on Cora.
I think they did a while ago.
Suit- my thoughts exactly. Bello seemed to ignore him on the mound and the proceeded to continue getting bombed
Pretty sure Bello would’ve stopped the bleeding of he could. Like the manager or not he is still playing for his own well being.
Bello signed a 6 year/$55M contract. His well-being is secured.
I was watching. The mound visit by Cora in the fourth came across to me as a bit odd. He was doing a lot of speaking and there wasn’t much responding. It all seemed a bit off.
I did not expect this.
And I couldn’t be happier.
I don’t think you can blame Cora for Bello getting rocked, he does that for the love of the game.
And yet Carlos Mendoza still has a job.
He’s next to go.
Hopefully. Mendoza is almost as bad as Cora.
Joe Morgan is still alive! I wonder if he’d be up for another stint as Red Sox manager. He did great taking over the team in the middle of the season. I’ve never seen anyone play so many weird hunches and have them almost all work out! Lol.
Six, Two, and Even!
He’s 95.
Forever cheater
WOW!!!!
Raz – Wow indeed!!! Red Sox Nation has been waiting for this day since 2019!!!
Sucks to see Tek go, but he will land on his feet.
Fever, Tek isnt gone, he’s in a different role…
GaSox – Thanks, yeah I posted before Passan added that part. I do wonder if Tek accepted the new role already.
Fever,
You gotta be happy that Cora is gone now, but Red Sox are in a bad spot. Still early but whoever is the new manager has a tall task ahead of them. Honestly, I never thought they’d fire Cora considering how much ownership liked him.
Acoss – Ditto, I never imagined it happening this soon.
Would be hilarious if this is the first trade deadline where the Sox acquire at least one impact player ….. Cora hasn’t gotten real deadline help since Schwarber in 2021, and even then he was on the DL for a while.
I saw somewhere that he’s being reassigned instead of let go. I don’t want to see Tek in another uniform. Honestly, I want him to be the manager, but he’s probably too close to all this. Plus just because I want it doesn’t mean he does.
Breslow must be feeling breath on the back of his neck.
Breslow now gets to pick his own manager and staff instead of being stuck with Cora and his buddies.
That doesn’t change nothing.
That doesn’t change *anything.
are you the Grammer cops or do you agree?
*grammar
Kelsey Grammar
Tossed salads and scrambled eggs
they’re callin’ again!
So it changes everything, you mean?
or, it must at least change something.
dawg – We are hoping they ended the contract with Driveline too. That would be a huge change.
It changes EVERYTHING!
It might. We can see that the team is underperforming, and that players tend to get better when they leave Boston. Why? It isn’t all because we’re a relentless fan base.
So what does it change?
Something at least. Cora once Phillies maybe? I doubt Thomson’s seat is that hot. but DD and Cora are buds, according to Smoltz.
padd – The irony of it, Cora forced Dombrowski out the door by tanking the 2019 season.
But who knows, crazier things have happened. Cora has also expressed strong interest in eventually going into a front office job.
Correct batting orders, stopping useless platooning, correct bullpen rotation
Managers dont won a lot of games, but boy, they sure can lose them
Sad – Well said.
It’s like umpires, if they do their job then nobody talks about them.
FPG- I guess Breslow didnt like that Cora said midweek that he was in on all the Offseason moves LOL
Bres wants all the credit for that mess to himself
Sad – Could be.
Also yesterday in an interview he was asked if he felt his job was safe. In a cocky manner, he replied by saying he’s not worried at all. He said his biggest worry was helping his family pack for PR.
That had to rub Henry the wrong way.
It doesn’t change nothing, it changes everything.
Where are fpg and the rest of the cora haters…maybe at the bar celebrating?
FPG is gonna be a Cora apologist now since Breslow fired him
Chief Baseball Officer = bad
Anyone who goes against the CBO = good
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if thousands of voices suddenly cried out in joy and were suddenly dancing in the streets…
Since the players had all quit on Cora anyway, what’s to be upset about?
John Henry decided to nuke the dugout staff coming off that Yankee sweep at Fenway in midweek. It didn’t matter that the BoSox thumped the O’s in Baltimore this afternoon.
My message to John Henry: Hire rising indie rockstar Cameron Winter to be the next manager!
Were you in a Boston baaaaar as you were writing that? I’m sure after a few brews he’ll take it under advisement
NO
Why you do this 27 games in is beyond me. Clearing house this early throws in the towel on the season. Absurd
Not necessarily… none of the coaches are playing, they have very minimal impact on the outcome of any game. Players win and lose baseball games, not coaches.
I’ve never seen any reason to think baseball coaching has that much impact. They’re about keeping the ship steered in the right direction, not guys whose departure leaves an impossible hole.
Actually, making a change this early leaves time to save the season.
Coaches are just the scapegoats for a teams bad performance usually
They got sick of seeing the same lack of preparation to start seasons, sick of hearing the same ‘we just have to do better’ while not making any changes, amd, not taking any accountability.
You do this exactly after seeing yet another season going down the tubes the way it has so many times in the recent past. Why watch the re-run to its conclusion?
No, it does the opposite. People need to quit pretending there’s no human element to baseball. Can it really get much worse?? This should be a breath of fresh air.
It worked for the Marlins in 2003.
deal – It’s been known to spark the team.
More importantly, Tracy did a pretty good job managing most of the players in Woosta. It makes sense. As much as I like Tek, he was probably too close to Cora.
Cotillo is saying Tek has been reassigned not fired
Yeah Red Sox official statement is Tek has been reassigned.
Correct fever !! Buffalo Sabres prime example.
Brought in a new coach at the beginning of the season but still struggled.
Fired the GM and brought in someone else and went on immediate tear to first place in the Atlantic. Incredible.
Gary – I don’t follow the NHL that much, but how would Buffalo firing the GM midseason immediately help? Did the new GM make some great moves before the trade deadline?
I’m actually a Sabres fan and I don’t quite understand how it happened. Everything just started clicking. I don’t have another answer than that.
But your point is correct. Make a change in management and it can definitely spark things. Go Sabres !
Girardi was let go pretty early in the season with the phillies then they went on a tear and got into the world series i believe that same season or was it just high in the playoffs.
Rob Thomson will probably be next….
Topper will be fired on the Phillies off day Monday.
Carlos Mendoza will probably join him before by midweek. They can all hang out together.
I hope you are right. I’d like to see Cora replace Thompson.
Now do Mendy.
Espada next!!
Who is left to be interim manager? Bailey?
Chad Tracy is coming up from Worcester
Very interesting “call up from the minors”
Didn’t see this coming at this time. That said, not at all sorry to see him go.
Getting rid of Devers and not keeping bregman and being cheap is sure Coras fault
Being cheap started long before devers
Devers might have been. We’re not privy to how that went down, but it sure looked like Cora lied to him
They mishandled Devers for years, and knew his fielding was trash. He’s an excellent hitter and if they’d gotten him work as a 1B from the beginning of his career all of that would’ve been avoided.
No argument here. Things are looking up a bit defensively. I wonder if Story is going to get moved to second… if Cora was resisting that perhaps? Honestly, I never got signing Story for six years in the first place with Mayer in the wings.
I have to think that Story is moving of SS
I don’t watch the games, I listen. The Wills are talking almost every night about how his arm isn’t the same. I don’t have anything against Story, but it’s time for Mayer.
Ever since his elbow surgery he needed to move off short.
The the baseball is dead guys call this?
Did the baseball is dead guys call this?
Wow, it’s really their fault? Breslow totally set this franchise back years
It isn’t any of the coaches faults, none of them are throwing pitches or batting or fielding or running… they are just the scapegoats for poor team construction and the trickle-down affect of many poor decisions over recent years. Probably too early to make an overall assessment of the roster build… could easily just be variance… I’d say this is how a poorly run franchise operates.
Luke- have you seen the lineups or the bullpen rotation Cora has used so far this season? Hes certainly responsible for some of the poor play
Is he though? Or are his players not performing to expectation? When a manager puts a reliever in, they can only hope the reliever gets outs. Every relief pitcher in baseball is capable of throwing a 1-2-3 inning in any given outing. But, no one has a 0 ERA because pitchers get hit periodically. So, claiming it’s his fault for bringing in a reliever who gets hit in that appearance… how is that his fault? If the guy is on the roster, it’s presumed he is there because he is worthy enough of that spot, therefore. he has to play to some extent. And, as far as a line up goes, that makes far more of a difference over the course of 162 games than any individual game, and that difference is nearly invisible to a spectator and can only be realized in the stats over a large sample size. Even if he put his best 3 hitters 7-8-9, they can still win any given game, but if he did that every game, they’d score fewer runs per game on average and that would surely impact them over the course of the season. But, he wasn’t doing that.
Luke, you obviously don’t have much of an understanding of what a coach’s job actually is.
Talking out your behind.
Cora should have been banned from baseball years ago, so this makes me happy.
Get over it. Move on.
No. There was no meaningful accountability for 2017, so it’s hanging around. Take down the flag, remove Beltran from the Hall, and permanently ban Hinch, Cora, Beltran, and maybe a few others and we’ll let it go.
Beltran was voted into the Hall of Fame in spite of everything being brought to light.
Also, you sound like a Dodgers fan. You’re welcome for Mookie, now kindly stow it 🙂
Nah. Just mute the whiners.
Why? Why would someone “move on”?
Did the facts change or should everyone just forget that the guy led a team to steal a WS?
Why would you hold onto that anger or hate? It’s burdensome. The results of that World Series are never going to be changed. It is accepted fact that Houston won. MLB is never changing that, nor will there ever be any future punishments coming to anyone involved. And, what loss did you suffer personally as a result of it? And still hanging onto it all these years later? For what? Whatever you think it was that made you feel this way, it doesn’t matter. Therefore, PhantomStrike is correct: you should move on from it.
That’ll be great for team morale
The front office F@#*ed up this team.
The only way to send a message to the management is to stay home.
I bet Cora is relieved to leave this dysfunctional organization.
Cora just said that he was a part of every offseason move. So you are saying Cora f’d up this team?
I’m thinking Joe Maddon is getting the gig. It he doesn’t know it yet. His phone is off. Him and the wife are watching the Michael Jackson movie… Tito get me a tissue
If he was really seeing the Michael movie, that poor of judgement should disqualify him
I mean its not what I was expecting to hear after the sox literally slaughtered my O’s today.
Sox couldn’t even follow business protocol by firing a guy on a Friday afternoon so he can be free for the whole weekend.
Meaning, with this massive win today, they already decided to do it, but waited until today for some reason lol ?
Maybe because Henry was busy on the golf course yesterday and didn’t have time to prepare or make a statement publicly ?
Definitely goes down as one of the more weird firings timing wise for sure lol
GASoxfan made a good point elsewhere. Today’s start time probably had a lot to do with it.
Gary- considering they moved today’s game up to noon from 4pm they probably didnt have time prior to today’s game to get Tracy to Baltimore
Yes, exactly Sad sox
Cora got the axe before Thompson or Mendoza? Wow.
Fatse the hitting coach getting fired is probably the best news of the whole thing. The hitting approach needs to change.
I wonder if it was the we have a bunch of kids and we’re still learning comment that he made that finally broke the camels back?
BOOM…..Shots fired!!! Wow!!!!
Bres the stiff better hope this works or he’s next in a couple of months!
Finally. I hate the Red Sox, but I hate Cora even more. He doesn’t deserve to coach. This was A LONG TIME coming. Should’ve stayed fired after he got caught and fired in 2019.
Keep crying.
lol a thousand identical replies to this article and you single me out? Why?
I saw yours second I think. Then saw so many more it would take me all night to reply to them all lol.
Don’t you have some angry rants to make in your lifted S10 about how the world is changing and how much that frightens you?
Finally got what he deserves. Cheater from Houston days. Good riddancd
He hasn’t really done anything since 2021 so I guess I can see the move
Red Sox have been spinning their wheels since the Mookie trade.
Was waiting a long time for this
He was nothing but a cheat to me
Seeing as he has previous ties to both the Red Sox org as a player and with Craig Breslow when he was with the Cubs in the FO, I wonder if David Ross is a candidate to be their next manager here.
That’s the name I’m expecting to see get some play. But I don’t know if that will happen during the season, since they’ve announced that Chad Tracy will be the interim, bringing him up from the manager job in Worcester. Plus they might want a larger candidate field after the usual 8 or 10 firings once this season is over!
There it is.
Sorry to see Tek go, but this needed to happen
Tek’s being reassigned within the organization.
shoulda been fired immediately after the astros scandal became public!
AND
sox f’ed up ROYALLY when they traded away devers
Because Devers is hitting so well?
Devers has an OPS of .565 and has struck out in 32% of his ABs.
he was a superstar with redsox. 1 of the most feared hitters for a decade.
SF has turned him into a pedestrian.
hope boston’s happy!
incompetent leadership did this.
his career is over. and they’re in last place in the al east
Devers and his negative WAR and 62 OPS+?
SF is rumored to be seeing him as more a permanent DH and coming back off 1B going forward on his deal
Mike Keenan available? Alive?
If you’re going that far back, maybe just Scotty Bowman
As a Hawks fan I can say without hesitation stay away from anyone in the Bowman family.
Toe Blake?
Should have banged some trash cans so Cora would know it was coming.
ITS ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!
After 27 games they are already panicking. Good grief!
Good ‘ol’ Charlie Brown
As they should be !!
And it’s not 27 games.., it’s been 5/6 years.
There is a God
Look at me I’m your manager now
They should Hire Brandon Hyde…. but if not, David Ross .
Last night I dreamnt the angels traded for Luis Castillo of Seattle.
H E double hockey sticks YES!
Oh wow. That’s all I have to say about this.
Freaking cheater. Good riddance
Not sure this was the smartest move letting all the coaches go. Especially this early in the year, and it makes you wonder who will be at the helm as an interim manager. Tec might have possibly turned the job down so he was prolly moved on. A lot of holes to fill. I guess we will find out!
They’re bringing up the Triple-A manager at Worcester to be interim. Varitek wasn’t about to become skipper with this housecleaning.
That’s wild lmao
Cora should have gone a while ago. That 2018 team was an absolute unit to say the least and I don’t think Cora played much role in that championship. He certainly didn’t have any convincing success afterwards
Kinda sad Varitek doesn’t get a chance to take the manager reigns
Yeah I felt Varitek ended up being collateral damage to be honest, out of the group he probably deserved better than what he got.
I’m bummed about Tek, and stunned about Cora. So much for that front office job that never made sense to me.
This also makes me wonder what he actually said on the mound to Bello last night.
Cora could have been fired before but in Family Feud he wasn’t the to answer on the board. John Henry can’t fire himself for what he did a complete 360 as an owner after 2018. Alonso signed for a solid deal and they didn’t get involved. They didn’t get involved in Cease. When they didn’t make a serious attempt at Ohtani I knew something was wrong. They use to want to dominate the Japanese market and did well when they had Dice-K. Even though he was a one season wonder they made a ton of money grabbing the biggest star from Japan at the time in the Japanese market.
This ownership is reaping what they have sewn. They have gone from trying to be a consistent winner and raising revenues anywhere to building an entertainment company and putting the franchises they own second.
Truth. Fenway Park is a tourist attraction. As long as fannies are in the seats, Henry is happy.
At last! Now for Rob Thomson and Carlos Mendoza to do the same.
Hallelujah.
This going to spawn countless new user names and name changes.
Guy was so bad even being a cheater couldn’t help him win 🤣
That’s one way to celebrate scoring 17 runs!
This is absolutely a case of.., fire the field manager before I get fired lol
The desperate last attempt of a condemned man.
Henry should fire himself.
Yep. Called it.
Where are all you “Jason Veritek is amazing and will be the next Red Sox manager” folks ??
Didn’t you argue with me last year that he was the heir apparent and an automatic hire because you didn’t want to lose him to some other team?
Well, here’s mud in your eye you were wrong for lambasting me over questioning something that was yet to be decided. To you though, it was a foregone conclusion.
Tek not only didn’t get hired, but he actually got fired today !!
Gary – cite to Tek being fired?
Everything i see says he’s moved to a new position. Arguably could be a promotion.
Its possible Tek didn’t want to take over mid season, with no time to develop his own coaching staff
Seeing reports that Varitek was reassigned.
Reassigned for preparing how to deal with Breslow’s communications skills, or lack therof.
Well he was “in charge” of game planning and run prevention. Yeah right. But I think he actually just caught a stray by being part of the Cora group.
👎
I was waiting for them to DFA or option Bello and fire Cora. Someone told me Henry would never fire Cora and would promote him to front office. Glad they were wrong.
Bello isn’t getting DFA’d because they owe him a lot of money. He’s got one or two more starts to right himself before it’s the bullpen or Worcester for him. Tolle is here to stay.
So if the players “gave up” on Cora then what is going to be their motivation as a 10-17 team to run through a wall for the AAA manager?
Cora is a self serving blow hard, who thinks hes smarter than the game.
If Tracy makes Anthony and Mayer comfortable, plays and bats them correctly, moves Story off shortstop and overall isn’t Alex Cora its an improvement
Mayer needs to play everyday. Duran needs to lead off everyday, Anthony should bat third. If I had to guess, thats what we’ll see
A lot of these guys sent time playing for that manager, and, did well under him.
When I think of all the young and homegrown players, I expect they relate to and play harder for the AAA boss than Cora.
The big ‘losers’ here are coral favorites who get more playing time than they deserve via performance. His ‘favkrites’ are probably a little worried tonight, as they should’ve been a long time agi
GASoxFan- agreed.
Hopefully this is all about Anthony. Hes gotta move out of leadoff and play everyday in the field
The GM should join them
I remember Alex was a highly respected field manager, back in the days before he played a lead role in the character assassination attempt of a homegrown hero.
Usually, in Boston, they’re all about getting rid of that ‘Prima Donna’ in favor of someone ‘gritty’.
Times change I guess
Big Papi is about to put on the manager jersey.
Lol !!!!!!!
Breslow runs Devers, out of town (not his signing) then his, replacement leaves after one year and he puts the load on Contreras. Red Sox lost their way before Breslow but he should have been fired before Cora.
It all starts with ownership. Cora is the scapegoat here.
Bingo!!! We got Bingo!!!
Devers this season – .221/.257/.308/.565 and a 62 OPS+ with a negative 0.9 WAR. The Giants are 15 games under .500 since he joined the team. Devers was an expensive cancer that needed to be excised from the Red Sox.
His replacement this season is Willson Contreras.
.239/.362/.398/.760 and a 116 OPS+ with a positive 0.8 WAR
Whoa
At least he won’t have to spend hours in the Canada Customs lineup next week….
Fire Breslow and Kennedy
I don’t think Kennedy can be conventionally fired. Isn’t he a part owner?
I’d love to have Theo exclusively back, but I also bet he wouldn’t do it.
17 runs was too little to late apparently.
This was inevitable. Cora’s resistance to change was going to bite him at some point and the team has had many instances of looking totally unprepared. During the post game show the other night Tom Caron, Jim Rice, and Will Middlebrooks asked if players are being taught to play Baseball at the MLB level. This is an organizational issue across the board
One blowout dub wasn’t gonna undig the hole he put them in.
This decision was made before today’s game. They just delayed the announcement based on start time and other factors.
The most surprising thing to me is that Dillon Lawson got another MLB job after his Yankees stint
Thank god
Team sports are a game of chemistry. Those who say that managers and coaches have nothing to do with wins and losses can’t actually believe that baseball is purely a combination of talent and luck, because if that was the case, no managers would ever separate themselves from the pack, as consistent winners.
Managers and coaches are the clubhouse psychologists, they read the room, pick up on the vibes, and know who needs encouragement, who needs a kick in the butt, and who needs to be left alone, to figure things out for themselves. They recognize the respected voices in the locker room, and which players command attention, and they work the interpersonal relations, to get everyone in the best state of mind.
Those of you who say the manager is irrelevant must never have worked for a great or lousy boss – good management sets the tone for the workplace, assures that the focus is on the right tasks, and can identify the workers who aren’t carrying the load.
Like anything else, a staff in place for too long gets stagnant; “it’s always worked this way”, “these are my top guys”, routines that are no longer effective.
Alex Cora and his coaches have not been out on the field, but there is no sign that they are effectively supporting what has been. So it’s time to change. Breslow, and his role – entirely different issue, and will be addressed separately.
Cora’s a cheat and should have been out of baseball long ago. Permanently ineligible. Not that this completely amoral league is capable of a judgement like that anymore.
This was my post hours ago on the Opener about the Orioles:
After seeing the score today, I came here to see how many people the Red Sox had fired.
I was kind of joking at the time.
I’ll be in charge of concession sales !!!
Granted, he’s interim, but I want to see how Chad Tracy does. He’s actually a pretty good manager. I’m glad to see him getting an audition.
I am not a Red Sox fan but a baseball fan. Maybe there’s something I don’t know but this seems like a terrible overreaction this early in season . I realize they’re off to a bad start but I’m sure they will bounce back . Win what 17-1 today . I’m a Cards fan . We have Oli Marmol. See things could be worse
Mike- yes, theres a bunch of stuff you need to catch up on….
Its not an overreaction early this season, its an overly slow reaction for the past five years
Tracy was named Manager of the Year in 2009, only the second manager to win the award after being hired mid-season, joining Jack McKeon for the Florida Marlins.
Like father like son?
Hmmm.
What took so long?
Red Sox ownership taking decisive action, meanwhile Astros ownership wait for ….who know what ?
Waiting for Cora, perhaps
The golden boy has crashed
“You scored 17 runs today. Congrats, you and your boys are canned.”
Maybe this will light a fire under the boys behinds! I thinks it a combination of players underperforming and player we had probably too high of expectations for….Either way I’m glad to see Cora go too may bad decisions hanging Pitchers out to dry when they just didn’t have it, bringing the wrong reliever ext….
The problem still lies in the sox brass upstairs, can they fire themselves please.
Is this a good job? Is travel required? Asking for a friend.
Chad Tracy and Clayton McCullough were teammates at East Carolina University during their playing days (along with current ECU Head Coach Cliff Godwin). Now they’re all in significant leadership positions in baseball. Pretty cool…
He’ll be the Yankees bench coach soon.
Watching the past three games with the Yankees, after all, the camera shot of Cora, the only take I came away with, was the face of a man who felt he was already going to get fired and didn’t give a crap anymore.
No player is going to follow that kind of leadership.