Red Sox fire Alex Cora, and most of the coaching staff
Pete Fatse and Rámon Vazquez have also been shown the door.
Boston, MA - April 7: Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora returns to the dugout in the sixth inning. The Red Sox played the Milwaukee Brewers at Fenway Park on April 7, 2026. (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images The Civil War that’s been bubbling beneath the surface between Alex Cora’s and Craig Breslow’s philosophies on how to run the Boston Red Sox finally came to a head on Saturday evening.
The rumbles started with this tweet from Jared Carrabis … Holy shit. I think the Red Sox Red Wedding just happened… — Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) April 25, 2026 … And were confirmed within the hour across the baseball universe. The Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora, hitting coach Peter Fatse, bench coach Rámon Vazquez and game-planning coach Jason Varitek, sources tell ESPN.
While the Red Sox won today, they are 10-17 and in last in the American League East. Massive change is coming in Boston. — Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 25, 2026 Noticeably not on this list is pitching coach Andrew Bailey, who aligns with the Breslow / Sabermetrics side of the coin.
The timing of this seismic shakeup is very much worth noting. It comes just hours after the club’s most complete win of the year — A 17-1 beatdown over Baltimore — and has shades of the Rafael Devers trade, which occurred right after a sweep of the Yankees last June. Zooming out a little more, the horrific 10-17 start the Red Sox got off to also feels like the perfect opportunity for those in the front office to clean house of the guys who didn’t see eye to eye with them.