Boston Red Sox fire manager Alex Cora

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TheBoston Red Soxfired manager Alex Cora Saturday, the organization announced.

The team said it is also parting ways with five members of the coaching staff: hitting coach Peter Fatse, third base coach Kyle Hudson, bench coach Ramón Vázquez, assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson and major league hitting strategy coach Joe Cronin.

Game planning and run prevention coach Jason Varitek has been reassigned to an unspecified role within the organization.

Red Sox owner John Henry released a statement addressing the decision.

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora looking on from dugout at Tropicana Field

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora watches a game against the Tampa Bay Rays during the fifth inning at Tropicana Field.(Kim Klement Neitzel/Imagn Images)

The Red Sox lost 10-3 on Friday night, after getting swept in a three-game series by the rivalNew York Yankees.

Boston’s slow start comes in a year with heightened expectations, after the Red Sox reached the postseason last season.

Manager Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox looking on at Fenway Park.

Manager Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox before playing the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park in Boston May 15, 2023.(Paul Rutherford/Getty Images)

Cora was previously fired by the Red Sox in 2020 amid peak controversy over his involvement in theHouston Astrossign-stealing scandal, as he was the mastermind behind Houston’s method of illegally stealing signs electronically.At that point, Cora was less than two years removed from leading the Red Sox to the 2018 World Series title.

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Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora arguing with home plate umpire Mike Estabrook at Fenway Park

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora argues with home plate umpire Mike Estabrook after being ejected during the third inning of a game against the New York Mets at Fenway Park in Boston on May 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

The Red Sox then rehired Cora for the 2021 season after public discourse over the scandal eased, and he led Boston to the ALCS that year.However, under Cora’s leadership, Boston missed the playoffs from 2022-24, and was eliminated in thewild-card roundby the Yankees last year.

Now, inlast place in the AL Eastto start this season, Boston is making wholesale changes after a surprisingly bad start.

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