Alex Cora Fired: Red Sox's Data-Driven Decision

It's May 1st.

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I'm Corey with the story.

Alex Cora's got that championship pedigree.

Winning as a player with the Boston Red Sox in 2007, Benchcoach for the Houston Astros

in.

2017, a manager for Boston in 2018.

But the Red Sox just fired him early in the 2026 season after a rough start, despite

his push to bring in proven winners like Alex, Pregman.

The team's front office runs on a strict data-driven model, prioritizing stats and projections

over gut feel, chemistry, or intangibles that Cora swore by.

That created real tension, with his insights on building contenders getting sidelined.

Former MLB general manager Jim Bowden called it out sharp, saying the brass didn't respect

Cora's experience and had to make a move.

Last time around, the ex-chief baseball officer Hyam Bloom, while keeping Cora, now it's

flipped, with Craig Breslow staying put.

Bowden slammed the decision as a panic move that makes no sense for a manager of Cora's

caliber.

You build around guys like him, not ditch them, mid-season.

He predicts plenty of teams will line up to snack Cora soon.

Boston's left scrambling without one of the best in the game, plus they've lost stars

like Rafael Devers, Zander Bogarts, Mookie Betts, and John.

Last or over time, trying to dig out of this historic slump.