Pink Sox Hit Piece Week rolls on, everybody! Right this moment it’s Alex Speier, arguably the present dean of the Pink Sox beat, who has a giant piece diving into the ways in which the connection between Craig Breslow and Alex Cora slowly fractured over the previous few years. The juiciest nugget on this one? “Breslow contemplated vital adjustments to the teaching workers and particularly the hitting group (together with Fatse ― beloved by gamers: ‘Prime, high hitting thoughts and work ethic within the hitting world,’ mentioned one) each throughout and after the 2025 season… [W]hen Breslow raised the thought of workers change to Cora, the supervisor made his emotions clear: If Breslow wished to take action, he’d have to fireplace Cora.“ (Alex Speier, Boston Globe)
And it’s clear that Breslow’s want to fireplace the teaching workers final season wasn’t merely a case of a CBO wanting to herald his personal guys — there have been significant conflicts about how finest to do the job: “At one level final 12 months… Breslow requested the Pink Sox teaching workers to start documenting each pregame hitting and defensive drill achieved by every participant, which some coaches discovered extreme and time consuming, additional fueling a perceived lack of belief between the workers and the entrance workplace.” Furthermore, one unnamed participant credit Alex Bregman with, at one level, stepping in to defend the hitting coaches and defend their jobs. (Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic)
Following his dismissal, Cora was given an opportunity to pen a farewell e-mail to the Pink Sox workers. Right here it’s. (Chris Cotillo, MassLive)
Most of the gamers seem to nonetheless be taking the dismissals arduous. And that doesn’t simply apply to Alex Cora. Connor Wong spoke out about dropping Jason Varitek, who he says was “like a dad” to the entire staff. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
Given the age discrepancy, it might be fairly bizarre if Terry Francona mentioned Varitek or Cora have been like dads to him, however he did say that Alex Cora is “one in all my favourite individuals on the earth.” (Connor Ryan, Boston.com)
We do not know how John Henry feels about Alex Cora, as a result of John Henry continues to refuse to acknowledge most of the people that funds his baseball staff. However Sam Kennedy defended his boss’s silence: “John Henry is deeply engaged with this group… he doesn’t all the time do it in essentially the most public-facing method. He’s very selective when it comes to how he engages with the media, however that ought to not ever be confused with an absence of involvement or care.” (Scott McLaughlin, WEEI)
With all the former Pink Sox gamers talking out (although anonymously in lots of circumstances), you will have thought that Mookie Betts would become involved. However, naturally, Mookie is just too sensible for that:
In the meantime, there may be nonetheless baseball to be performed and the Pink Sox didn’t precisely cowl themselves in glory up in Toronto this week. That definitely applies to Brayan Bello, who was demonstrably upset about being faraway from the sport by Chad Tracy yesterday. (Christopher Smith, MassLive)
