![]() "There's no question it's an unusual time to be doing a managerial search," Bloom said. ![]() Bloom said that those conversations are just beginning but noted that crisis management will be one factor that will be part of the interviews. The team also didn't announce a new manager. What they didn't touch on was anything involved with Major League Baseball's investigation into the team, part of their obligation as the probe continues. "He was a tremendous manager for us on all levels, so we're going to miss him," Henry said, while adding later, "It was the right decision" for Cora to go. Henry, Werner and the other two members of Red Sox leadership who spoke Wednesday - President and CEO Sam Kennedy and Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom - all spoke highly of Cora, both for his willingness to place the team's interest ahead of his own and for what he brought to the team. MLB Twitter Explodes With Reaction to Astros Punishment, Alex Cora's Red Sox Future It's not what we would like to be doing at this point, but we were all surprised to read this report on Monday," owner John Henry said. ![]() They also asked fans to reflected frankly on the challenges that the team faces going into the 2020 season. Red Sox team leadership reflected Wednesday on Alex Cora's tenure as manager a day after his departure from the team amid a sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball.Īsking for fans to reserve judgment on the Red Sox, the four team leaders who appeared at the news conference at Fenway Park did not get into specifics about anything involving that investigation but did insist that releasing Cora was the right thing to do. Owner John Henry and other team officials didn't comment on the MLB investigation into the Red Sox amid a sign-stealing scandal that rocked the Houston Astros.The team has not appointed a new manager but continues to prepare for the 2020 season, with spring training starting in a month.Red Sox leadership spoke glowingly of former manager Alex Cora but said it was "an easy decision" for him to leave, and one made mutually.
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