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Assessing Alex Cora’s place among Red Sox managerial giants
Earlier this week Alex Cora won his 600th game as the Red Sox manager. He was already third all-time for managerial wins in Boston, having passed Pinky Higgins (560 wins) earlier this season. He now trails only Terry Francona (744) and Joe Cronin (1071) on the all-time list.
The Boston Red Sox got Alex Cora his 600th win on Sunday, making him the third manager in franchise history to reach that threshold.
The Red Sox cut ties with a $21 million pitcher as part of a four-move Friday from Craig Breslow and the Boston front office.
Connelly Early is the first pitcher in MLB history to strike out 11+ batters within 5 innings in his debut, and the Red Sox have now won 81 games to match last year’s season total.
Realmuto homered in the eighth inning of a matchup between his Philadelphia Phillies and Chapman's Boston Red Sox on July 23. Since then, Chapman has taken the ball 17 times, and not a single opposing batter has recorded a hit.
Before every game, when most of the veterans have long gone back to the clubhouse after batting practice, Trevor Story ducks into the indoor cages. Here, with only Boston Red Sox hitting coach Pete Fatse, he begins the batting routine that has powered his unlikely revival.
Atlanta second baseman Ozzie Albies is missing out on the playoffs for the first full season in his career, a streak that began in 2018. Bregman’s former teammate, Astros All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve, has played in every postseason since 2017, too, but he missed the postseason in four of his first five years.
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