The Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora and five coaches following a 10-17 start to the season. They've also announced who'll serve as their interim skipper as the front office attempts to salvage the 2026 campaign.

“Alex Cora led this organization to one of the greatest seasons in Red Sox history in 2018, and for that, and the many years that followed, he will always have our deepest gratitude," Red Sox owner John Henry said in a statement Saturday.

“He has had a lasting impact on this team and on this city. He has led on and off the field in so many important ways. These decisions are never easy, but this one is especially difficult given what Alex has meant to the Red Sox since the day he arrived,” he added.

Alongside Alex Cora, bench coach Ramón Vázquez, hitting coach Peter Fatse, third-base coach Kyle Hudson, assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson, and hitting strategy coach Joe Cronin were also dismissed.

The front office statement also highlighted that Game planning and run-prevention coach Jason Varitek “has been reassigned to a new role within the organization.”

Former big leaguer and Boston’s Triple-A club manager, Chad Tracy, will serve as interim manager. Chad Epperson is set to take over as interim third-base coach, and Collin Hetzler will oversee batting.

So what's next for Alex Cora?

Cora was in the second year of a three-year, $21.75-million contract extension, which he signed back in July 2024. Now, ESPN MLB reporter Buster Olney thinks Cora could make his way to Philadelphia.

“If the Phillies continue to struggle. I thought, you know, a manager who, Dave Dombrowski and the Phillies, maybe they’re interested in is Alex Cora,” Olney said during a recent episode of the “Baseball Tonight” podcast.

“Knowing that Alex had that great working relationship with (Dombrowski) in Boston, knowing how the Red Sox have started, if you got to the point, is that a crazy piece of speculation?” Olney added.

Olney referenced the time when Dave Dombrowski was with the Red Sox, and he was the one who replaced John Farrell with Alex Cora after 2017. That move paid off as they won the 2018 World Series under Cora.

Not long after, Dombrowski took his playbook to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2020. So, do you agree with the ESPN analyst? And do you think the Red Sox can salvage the season? Tell us in the comments section.

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Written by

Suryakant Das

Edited by

Sagnik Bagchi