Craig Breslow Explains Reason For Elevating 26-Year-Old To Red Sox's Coaching Staff
The Boston Red Sox have made plenty of coaching changes since firing Alex Cora, including elevating a hitting coach from rookie ball directly to the big leagues.
Craig Breslow Explains Reason For Elevating 26-Year-Old To Red Sox's Coaching Staff originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Amid a flurry of coaching changes following the firing of Alex Cora and multiple other coaches, the Boston Red Sox made a surprising move by elevating Jack Simonetty to serve as an interim hitting assistant for the squad.
Simonetty, 26, was serving as a hitting coach in Boston's rookie ball team in the Florida Complex League, but has jumped five minor league levels to join the Red Sox's coaching staff. The #RedSox today announced the following changes to their 2026 Major League coaching staff: pic. twitter.
com/9tfiJA7h7V — Red Sox (@RedSox) April 27, 2026 At just 26 years old, Simonetty will be the youngest member of Boston's coaching staff, joining a young hitting group that reportedly includes 32-year-old John Soteropulos and 35-year-old Collin Hetzler, per MassLive's Chris Cotillo. Red Sox bringing up Pablo Cabrera as 1B coach, per @alexspeier . Chad Epperson is 3B coach.
Titles on the hitting staff: John Soteropulos and Collin Hetzler are both “hitting coaches” now, per sources. Andrew Bailey, Chris Holt, Parker Guinn keep their titles. — Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) April 27, 2026 Among the 13 hitting coaches that Boston had across its six minor league affiliate teams, why did the team choose to elevate Simonetty?