Did Boston Red Sox GM replace most of their coaching staff because of one player?

Just about a month into the MLB season, the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies have already fired their managers in Alex Cora and Rob Thompson, respectively. Good moves, or too premature?

The Boston Red Sox are an organization seemingly heading in the wrong direction. 

After winning the 2018 World Series, it seemed like the Red Sox were set up to be a dynasty in the American League East. Mookie Betts, Rafael Devers, Chris Sale and Xander Bogaerts made up a young, talented core at key positions. They have a large, dedicated fan base, a legendary home stadium that routinely sells out, and the big market to spend on top players. 

Instead, within a few years, all those players were gone. Betts is on the Dodgers. Devers is in San Francisco after a disagreement with the team’s new front office, Sale continues to excel in Atlanta, and Bogaerts signed a lucrative contract with the San Diego Padres. 

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Still, Boston felt that a strong farm system and some targeted free-agent signings would maintain the level of success Red Sox fans had become accustomed to. Yet the team has made just two postseason appearances since that 2018 run, and hasn’t won a playoff series since 2021.

John Henry is facing calls to sell the team. The new front office, helmed by former reliever and Yale grad Craig Breslow, has received mixed reviews from fans, and some lesser than mixed reviews from players. 

Disagreements, underperformance and a slow start came to a head when Breslow fired manager Alex Cora. Along with a whole host of other coaches hired by the previous regime. And a new report on what went on behind the scenes has suggested that Breslow may have tied the