The Boston Red Sox officially announced their coaching staff for the 2021 season on Friday.
Red Sox Red Sox new bench coach Will Venable’s star is shining bright When Will Venable stepped on Princeton’s campus for his official recruiting visit before the fall of 2001, it was for basketball not baseball. He was a standout star on the court at San Rafael High School in Northern California. During his teenage years, basketball was Venable’s first love and what he saw as his future.
Appearing on WEEI on Wednesday afternoon, Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom explained the the team’s somewhat controversial to bring suspended former video replay coordinator J.T. Watkins back to the organization. Watkins was suspended for the 2020 season after Major League Baseball found that he -- on an episodic basis -- used video feeds to view signs and revise his scouting reports during games in 2018, which is a violation of baseball’s rules.
The decorated general manager isn't a fit for the current iteration of the Orioles.
Alex Cora is “back home. Last Friday, the Boston Red Sox announced they had hired Cora to fill the team’s managerial vacancy, and on Tuesday they held his introductory press conference. The team marked the occasion by replicating an iconic photo of him, then on Saturday morning they shared some behind the scenes footage from Tuesday.
Former San Rafael High standout Will Venable is set to be named the next bench coach for the Boston Red Sox, per reports on Tuesday. Venable spent the past three seasons as a coach with the Chicago Cubs. Venable was in the mix for managerial positions with both the Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers this offseason.
Alex Cora has a new bench coach. A major league source confirmed multiple reports that the Red Sox are naming Cubs third base coach Will Venable as Cora’s bench coach. Venable, 38, has been on the Cubs' coaching staff for three years, following a nine-year big league career with the Padres, Rangers, and Dodgers (2008-16).
The Boston Red Sox have had a lot of memorable players throughout the course of their history. Some as recent as this decade. And while it’s easy to pick a Hall of Famer to be Boston’s best player, there’s still a slew of former roster members who are not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Toronto Blue Jays: Find a No. starter Toronto needs to stay on course with the development of its young hitting core. However, just like with Baltimore and Boston, that development will only be hindered by lack of good pitching.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora says he is "embarrassed" by the Astros sign-stealing scandal that led to his suspension in 2020 and is looking to redeem himself after being given a second chance.
Ozuna led the National League in home runs, RBIs and total bases while playing in all 60 games of the pandemic-shortened season for Atlanta. He reestablished himself as one of Major League Baseball’s fiercest sluggers after two good-not-great seasons with St. Louis, and whichever team signs Ozuna likely will do so with the expectation that he’ll anchor the lineup as a middle-of-the-order bopper for several years. Info Position: Outfielder (or designated hitter) Age: 30 (Nov.
Major League Baseball will announce the affiliate plan when it is ready. The Yankees already announced Hudson Valley will serve as their High-A affiliate in 2021. The Mets announced that the Brooklyn Cyclones will become their High-A affiliate next season, joining a newly formed Mid-Atlantic League for High-A teams meant to reduce travel as part of Minor League Baseball’s larger realignments.
Two Red Sox players -- outfielder Alex Verdugo and shortstop Xander Bogaerts -- received votes for the American League award, according to the tally released by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Thursday. Verdugo finished 12th in the voting after receiving one fifth-place vote. Bogaerts, who finished 13th in 2018 and fifth in 2019, was tied for 17th with one 10th-place vote.
BOSTON – The Red Sox interviewed a reported nine candidates in their search for a new manager. Boston wound up welcoming back a familiar face during a Tuesday press conference on the field at Fenway Park. Alex Cora was reintroduced after finishing his season-long suspension for electronic sign-stealing as the bench coach with the Astros in 2017.
Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom shared his thought process Friday about the team bringing back Alex Cora.
And now, it’s evident in how the Red Sox plan to tackle free agency this offseason, as Bloom explained Wednesday during a video conference that he’s not ready to rule out talking with free agents who’ve received qualifying offers from their respective teams. I think it’s our responsibility to engage on everybody that could fit us,” Bloom told reporters.
I think he knows that. Everyone who’s seen him knows that. Perhaps no other player will benefit the most from the return of Alex Cora than Devers.
Alex Cora, back with the Boston Red Sox after a one-season suspension, apologized Tuesday for the role he played in cheating while a coach for the Houston Astros. Before leading the Red Sox to the 2018 World Series title, Cora, 45, played a key role as bench coach of the eventual World Series champions 2017 Houston Astros in their illegal sign-stealing scheme, according to Major League Baseball. At a news conference Tuesday, Cora said he wasn’t proud of himself.
Cora was socially distanced from Boston president and CEO Sam Kennedy, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and general manager Brian O’Halloran while taking questions virtually. It was far from normal. Nothing has been in 2020, and Red Sox fans had a head start in the sports world two months before the COVID-19 pandemic claimed our attention in a far more serious and all-consuming manner.
Cora and Bloom discussed the Snell move as part of the getting reacquainted process. The way I see it, it’s a partnership,” Cora said. They’re going to provide information.
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