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Alex Bregman defended fired Red Sox coaches last season
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Before Alex Bregman opted out of his deal with the Red Sox — and before he signed a five-year deal with the Chicago Cubs — the veteran reportedly defended several of the coaches Boston fired over the weekend.
According to a report from The Athletic detailing Craig Breslow’s decision to clean house, Bregman at the very least advocated for the hitting coaches.
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One player went to so far as to say that “Bregman stepped in last year and stopped the firings.”
The new information comes four days after Craig Breslow made the decision to fire Red Sox manger Alex Cora and the bulk of Cora’s coaching staff.
Hitting coach Pete Fatse, assistant hitting coach Dillon Lawson, third base coach/outfield instructor Kyle Hudson, bench coach Ramón Vázquez and major league hitting strategy coach Joe Cronin were all fired. The Red Sox stated that Jason Varitek , who served as the game-planning coordinator and run prevention coach, was reassigned. It has since become clear that Varitek does not plan on staying with the club.
Per The Athletic’s sources , some members of the Red Sox staff believed Breslow was going to fire Fatse, Lawson and Cronin last season. Those same sources said that the lack of success by Kristian Campbell at the major league level fueled some of that tension.
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Bregman, however, credited the trio with getting him back to an All-Star level . The 32-year-old infielder had one of his best seasons in 2025 since last making an All-Star team with the Houston Astros in 2019.
Despite his success in Boston , Bregman triggered his first opt-out in his contract and became a free agent in November. By January, he had signed a five-year, $175 million contract with the Cubs.
When asked by The Athletic about the Red Sox firing the bulk of their coaching staff Monday, Bregman declined to comment on the situation, but reiterated his appreciation for the coaches.
“I got all the love in the world for those guys,” Bregman said.
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Breslow spoke with reporters from the visiting dugout in Toronto Tuesday evening and denied that he nearly fired any coaches last season.
“These decisions were driven by the performance on the field,” Breslow said. “And I’ve said it before, I take accountability for the product on the field, for the roster. I also take responsibility for trying to find solutions. And just felt like we have a ton of confidence in the team, in the players, in the guys in the clubhouse. This decision was really, really hard, but we wanted to do it at a point where we still had enough of the season ahead of us that we could be the team that we thought we could be.”
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