The first managerial firing of the 2026 Major League Baseball season has taken place, and to the surprise of many, it doesn’t involve the New York Mets. It’s another big-market team with a lavish payroll that’s going in a different direction: the Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora on Saturday.
Cora’s termination was among a number of coaching transactions that the Red Sox made in the midst of a 10–17 start to the season. In addition to replacing the skipper, Boston also let go of six other coaches while reassigning Jason Varitek, the team’s former captain who previously served as a player information coach. The Red Sox listed 14 members on their coaching staff, thus half of them have been either let go or reassigned elsewhere.
