The Boston Red Sox fired manager Alex Cora, hitting coach Peter Fatse, bench coach Rámon Vazquez and game-planning coach Jason Varitek, sources tell ESPN.
While the Red Sox won today, they are 10-17 and in last in the American League East. Massive change is coming in Boston.
Four teams in MLB history have lost 10 or more games in a row and made the playoffs. The last was the Guardians in 2025. Only one of those teams had a skid in April and still made the postseason: the 1951 Giants, who lost 11 consecutive..
The New York Mets have lost 10 straight.
Infielder Ha-Seong Kim and the Atlanta Braves are in agreement on a one-year, $20 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Kim had multiyear opportunities but will return to Atlanta, play shortstop full-time and hit the free agent market again next winter. @JonHeyman first on it.
The #Pirates reportedly going to “check in” with #Dodgers Shohei Ohtani this winter.
Ohtani is under contract until 2033 and the Pirates are looking for a long term piece. Per @BNightengale
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, by the numbers:
9 innings
4 hits
1 run
0 walks
8 strikeouts
105 pitches
73 strikes
17 swings and misses
11 groundouts
3 flyouts
There are pitchers who can do everything. Yamamoto is one. The splitter, the four-seam, the curve. All of it worked.
Kaibutsu.
Yankees declined to give up either Spencer Jones or George Lombard Jr. for Sandy Alcantara. Marlins control Alcantara and Edward Cabrera for multiple years after 2025 so they needed something big. Cubs and Red Sox tried hardest there but no one came especially close.