Boston Red Sox fire Alex Cora and five coaches with team last in AL East

Cora dismissed despite blowout win in Baltimore Boston 10-17 after offseason roster upheaval Chad Tracy named interim manager from Triple-A Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the AL East. Cora, who was an infielder on the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship team and managed them to a franchise-record 108 wins and another title in ‘18, will be replaced on an interim basis by Chad Tracy. A career minor leaguer whose father, Jim Tracy, served as a big league manager for 11 seasons with the Dodgers, Pirates and Rockies, Chad Tracy had been managing Boston’s Triple-A Worcester affiliate in the International League. Continue reading...

Cora dismissed despite blowout win in Baltimore
Boston 10-17 after offseason roster upheaval
Chad Tracy named interim manager from Triple-A

Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, was fired on Saturday with Boston again mired in last place in the AL East.

Cora, who was an infielder on the Red Sox 2007 World Series championship team and managed them to a franchise-record 108 wins and another title in ‘18, will be replaced on an interim basis by Chad Tracy. A career minor leaguer whose father, Jim Tracy, served as a big league manager for 11 seasons with the Dodgers, Pirates and Rockies, Chad Tracy had been managing Boston’s Triple-A Worcester affiliate in the International League.

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