The Boston Red Sox made the news for all the wrong reasons over the weekend. They are already off to a very slow start. At 11-17, they sit at the bottom of the American League East, and after a win on Saturday, they fired manager Alex Cora, along with four other coaches.
What’s worse is ultimately how the Red Sox organization handled the situation. Both Garrett Whitlock and Trevor Story have spoken about the firings and expressed discontent with the way the organization handled things, especially since owner John Henry, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and president Sam Kennedy did not address the team during Sunday’s meeting.
On “Fair Territory”, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic weighed in on how the Red Sox handled the situation and gave a brutally honest assessment of where things stand with the organization.
“The way they handled that clubhouse meeting yesterday. What do they do? Did they open the floor to questions? Did they allow players to express their feelings? No,” Rosenthal said.
“They spoke, no one else did and the players were not happy. You’ve got to let players have their say too. And I know they’re the employees and these guys are the bosses. We all know that. It’s obvious every single day who’s running the show.
“But at the same time, if you have feel for your clubhouse, feel for your players, feel for the organization, then you’re going to handle this a little differently, and that is the biggest issue with the Red Sox. This is just a lack of respect for your players and ultimately in (John) Henry’s case when you don’t address anything, it’s a lack of respect for your fans.”
Red Sox Created Dysfunction with Cora Firing
The Red Sox are obviously in the news for all the wrong reasons. The players were not happy with the way the organization handled things, and not being open for questions is not a good look.
The Red Sox promoted Chad Tracy to serve as the interim manager, and they won their first game under him on Sunday, but in addition to the shock of what ultimately took place, the players and the fanbase are dealing with a complete lack of transparency from the organization.
This may ultimately raise some questions going forward about the organization and the way they handle situations such as these. But the players ultimately had no say in this matter, which certainly makes the organization look bad.
Where do Red Sox Go from here?
Ultimately, the only thing the Red Sox can do from here is look forward. Clearly, the players were not happy with the situation, and it likely isn’t sitting well with the fanbase either, even if changes were necessary.
But the Red Sox did manage to win their series against the Orioles, so it will be interesting to see if the changes made will ultimately reignite some hope within the organization to turn the season around and get back into postseason contention before it’s too late.
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