Red Sox decision to fire Cora recommended by Breslow | theScore.com

by Bryan Mcwilliam Apr 26, 6:03 PM Billie Weiss / Getty Images The decision to fire Alex Cora as manager of the Boston Red Sox was recommended by chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, team president Sam Kennedy said Sunday. “Craig leads our baseball operations, and he’s made several bold decisions and recommendations. This was one of them, and we fully support it. That’s why we took the action we took yesterday,” Kennedy said. Following Saturday’s 17-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles, the team dismissed Cora and five members of his coaching staff and reassigned former player and game-planning coach Jason Varitek to a new role within the organization. The coaching shuffle comes amid a tough start to the 2026 campaign for the Red Sox, who are last in the AL East with a 10-17 record despite being projected as a playoff team during the preseason. They promoted Chad Tracy, who was managing Boston’s Triple-A affiliate, to fill Cora’s spot in an interim role. “By acting today, it gives us 135 games ahead of us, so we’ve got almost a full season’s worth of run to take advantage of this fresh start and ultimately to compete for a division and deep
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