Not even a 10 run ninth inning could mask the failure of Alex Cora in Boston
With Alex Cora and most of their staff fired Saturday, Boston has to quickly change course, starting with their leadership. The Sox have a couple in-house options if they want to find an interim manager ASAP.
Not even a 10 run ninth inning could mask the failure of Alex Cora in Boston originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Red Sox finally had a great win this season after 25 games of below mediocrity, with an explosive 17-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles .
It looked like the Sox had finally gotten something together, and were on their way to start getting out of the hole they dug themselves into. However, it seems they want to do it with a clean slate. Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan , the Red Sox have almost cleaned house of their entire coaching staff , firing manager Alex Cora, hitting coach Peter Fafse, bench coach Ramon Vasquez, game-planning coach Jason Varitek, and third base coach Kyle Hudson.
With that, they have very little to choose from in-house for a replacement, but here are a couple options. Pitching coach Andrew Bailey © Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Bailey was hired in 2023 as an addition with the new GM Craig Breslow, starting a new chapter in Sox pitching.
He helped pitchers such as Lucas Giolito and Brayan Bello look like borderline All-Stars. He helped Garrett Crochet go from a required All-Star representative to the Cy Young runner-up in one year. If Bailey takes over, the Sox’ pitching would indeed become their focus.