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As the Boston Red Sox are amidst a brutal start to the 2026 season, the team made a major change by firing manager Alex Cora and other coaches, amidst the disappointing effort. While rumors will surround the Red Sox regarding that situation, another component to the decision could have included Theo Epstein.
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The consensus being that Craig Breslow is the one who initiated the idea of Boston moving on from Cora, but there obviously had to have been some talks with others in the franchise. According to MassLive, team advisor and minority owner Theo Epstein also gave his thoughts on the matter "remotely."
"On Friday, as the trip was beginning, Breslow had begun to put the wheels in motion for sweeping changes, going to Henry and Kennedy with the recommendation that Cora and several of his coaches be dismissed, according to sources familiar with those talks. In Baltimore , Cora was unaware how things had escalated," Sean McAdam of MassLive wrote.
"Discussions lasted throughout the day, with Breslow, Kennedy, and Henry weighing their options. Also contributing to the discussions, some remotely, were team advisor/minority owner Theo Epstein, team chairman Tom Werner, and Fenway Sports Group president Mike Gordon, according to sources," McAdam continued.
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Though Epstein and others spoke on the decision for the Red Sox to fire Cora, it was Breslow who seemingly brought the idea to the table. While some may assume that means the relationship between Cora and Breslow was not great, that's not entirely true.
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"Sources familiar with the Breslow-Cora dynamic don't describe it as a bad relationship between the two former players, who briefly were teammates with the Red Sox in 2006. Any tension between the front office and uniformed personnel came from the age-old discrepancy between how the club's data and models viewed things — and what the coaches were seeing with their eyes on a daily basis," McAdam wrote on the relationship.
At any rate, Boston is currently 12-19, which puts them last in the AL East, ahead of the three-game series against the Houston Astros , which starts Friday.
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