The Red Sox are moving on from six coaches, . According to Speier, the departures from Alex Coras staff include first base coach Andy Fox, bullpen coach Kevin Walker, a sistant hitting coach Luis Ortiz, mental skills coach Rey Fuentes, trainer Ben Chadwick and bullpen catcher Mani Martinez. Fox was promoted to first base coach this past season. Hed previously spent time as Bostons field coordinator. Fox had been in the organization for more than a decade. He played parts of nine seasons in the big leagues as a utility infielder, spending the bulk of that time with the Diamondbacks and Nick Madrigal Jersey Marlins. Ortiz, who briefly appeared in the majors with the Red Sox during the mid-1990s, had been an a sistant hitting coach for the last three years. Ortiz held the lead hitting job on Chris Woodwards staffs with the Rangers between 2018-21. Ben Rosenthal has overlapped with Ortiz as an a sistant to primary hitting coach Peter Fatse in Boston. The Sox tabbed Walker as bullpen coach during the 2020-21 offseason. Hed spent the shortened season as an a sistant pitching coach. Bostons bullpen has generally been middle-of-the-pack over the past four years. The relief group was a disappointment this season, finishing 24th with a 4.39 earned run average and 23rd in strikeout percentage (21.9%). The bullpen cratered down the stretch. Only the Nationals relievers had a lower strikeout rate in the second half. No team had a worse ERA after the All-Star Break than the Soxs 5.45, while Boston relievers led MLB with 16 blown leads. Thats not all on the coaching staff, of course. The front offices deadline pickups of and didnt work. mi sed most of September, while was shelved for the bulk of July. Neverthele s, the bullpen was one of the biggest factors in the Sox falling out of the Wild Card race, so theyll look for a new voice. Strengthening the group in front of Rule 5 succe s story and a hopefully health should be an offseason priority for Craig Breslow and his staff. Ryan Dempster Jersey
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