{"id":18939,"date":"2026-04-25T19:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/?p=18939"},"modified":"2026-04-25T19:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T02:15:21","slug":"red-sox-fire-manager-alex-cora-among-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/2026\/04\/25\/red-sox-fire-manager-alex-cora-among-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox Fire Manager Alex Cora, Among Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/category\/red-sox\/\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> have fired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/coraal01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Alex Cora<\/strong><\/a> effective immediately after a 17\u20131 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/category\/orioles\/\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>. To go with it, the Red Sox let go of hitting coach Peter Fatse, bench coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vazqura01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ramon Vazquez<\/a><\/strong>, third base coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hudsoky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kyle Hudson<\/a><\/strong> and game-planning coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/varitja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Jason Varitek<\/strong><\/a>. The Red Sox currently stand at 10\u201317 and are in last place in the American League East, despite having high expectations entering the year.<\/p>\n<h4>Cora&#8217;s Managing History<\/h4>\n<p>Cora became manager of the Red Sox after the 2017 season, taking over for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=farrel011joh,farrejo02,farrejo03&amp;search=John+Farrell&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Farrell<\/a><\/strong>. The very next year, the Red Sox won the World Series over the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/category\/dodgers\/\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> in five games. However, after that title, the Red Sox made the playoffs in only two of Cora&#8217;s next seven seasons as manager. Those coming in 2021 and 2025.<\/p>\n<h4>His Replacement<\/h4>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox are handing the keys over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tracych01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Chad Tracy<\/strong><\/a>, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNightengale\/status\/2048220370298343864\">Bob Nightengale<\/a> of <em>USA Today<\/em>. Tracy, a former major leaguer in his own right, played for nine major league seasons with four different teams. As of late, he was in the midst of his fifth season as the manager of the Worcester WooSox, the Red Sox Triple-A affiliate. Chad Epperson, the manager of the Double\u2013A Portland Sea Dogs, will take over as the third base coach. Collin Hetzler, Tracy&#8217;s hitting coach, will serve in the same role with the Red Sox.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>The Red Sox will look to salvage what may already be a lost season, despite there being so much time left. However, the Red Sox rose above early season struggles last year. Especially after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/deverra01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=sportrelay.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Rafael Devers<\/strong><\/a> got traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportrelay.com\/mlb\/category\/giants\/\">San Francisco Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Main Photo:<\/h4>\n<p><a id=\"FDBnFF1VRExA53Er1s-MEQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2273141142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'FDBnFF1VRExA53Er1s-MEQ',sig:'OwunydvX1p2zECc64duH46Z_lm8z-F7BlBpNytU1628=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2273141142',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox have fired Alex Cora effective immediately after a 17\u20131 win over the Baltimore Orioles. To go with it, the Red Sox let go of hitting coach Peter Fatse, bench coach Ramon Vazquez, third base coach Kyle Hudson and game-planning coach Jason Varitek. The Red Sox currently stand at 10\u201317 and are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":18940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2195,2100],"class_list":["post-18939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-sox","tag-2026-boston-red-sox","tag-alex-cora","pmpro-has-access","eq-blocks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Red Sox Fire Manager Alex Cora, Among Others - Sport Relay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Red Sox fire Alex Cora, alongside many other members of the Boston Red Sox staff. 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