Red Sox clean house after brutal start

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Reports on MLB.com that the Red Sox have fired Alex Cora, hitting coach Peter Fatse, bench coach Ramon Vazquez and game-planning coach Jason Varitek after the team's 10-17 start.

Buster Olney has been speculating that Cora belongs on the Phillies. 

[metirish]

Just saw that, I've never heard of a game planning coach 

[Frayed Knot]

Must have worked, the Sawx laid a 17-1 whoopin' on the O's today.

Not sure if they had scored a combined 17 over their last dozen games prior to today.

 

 

on edit: Not quite, but they scored 3 or fewer in eight of their last ten ... sounds like another team from the N.E. 

[Centerfield]

I didnt think managers got canned before Memorial Day. I wish we’d follow suit. 

[Gwreck]

Cora was the manager of the 2018 championship team.  Since that time, the Red Sox have not won a division title and have only 2 playoff appearances.  The first was 2021, where a second-place team got a wild card and lost in the ALCS.

Since then, the Red Sox had 78, 78, and 81 wins in 2022-2024.  Last year 89 wins (third place) and got bounced in the Wild Card round.  Started the year 10-17.

[Edgy MD]

The 10-17 Red Sox have fired Alex Cora along with five of his coaches.

The Sox were coming off a 17-1 win over the Orioles on Saturday, which I guess is the way to go out.  Cora was in the second year of a three-year deal.  Chad Tracy is the interim replacement.

Also cleaning out their desks:

• Hitting Coach Peter Fatse,
• Third Base Coach Kyle Hudson,
• Bench Coach Ramón Vázquez,
• Assistant Hitting Coach Dillon Lawson, and
• Major League Hitting Strategy Coach Joe Cronin.

[Frayed Knot]

See also: Red Sox Clean House

[The Hot Corner]

Looks like we need a merger.

[Frayed Knot]

And some RMPL

[Edgy MD]

1 hour ago, Frayed Knot said:

And some RMPL

Hey brother, I read plenty!

I just need better scrolling skillz.

[Edgy MD]

23 hours ago, Marshmallowmilkshake said:

Buster Olney has been speculating that Cora belongs on the Phillies. 

A three-way manager trade with Cora going to the Phillies, Rob Thomson to the Mets, and Carlos Mendoza to the Sox would have been really cool.