TORONTO --- Aside from an emailed statement released Monday morning, it took roughly 36 hours for a senior member of the Red Sox front office to address the firing of Dave Dombrowski.
Boston manager Alex Cora was left to answer questions for more than 20 minutes during his regular pregame remarks on Monday. Cora served as the de facto public face of the organization until president and CEO Sam Kennedy made a Tuesday afternoon radio appearance on WEEI.
"There is no [...]
TORONTO --- Aside from an emailed statement released Monday morning, it took roughly 36 hours for a senior member of the Red Sox front office to address the firing of Dave Dombrowski.
Boston manager Alex Cora was left to answer questions for more than 20 minutes during his regular pregame remarks on Monday. Cora served as the de facto public face of the organization until president and CEO Sam Kennedy made a Tuesday afternoon radio appearance on WEEI.
“There is no question Alex was in a bad spot, and we definitely regret that,” Kennedy said. “I said that at the outset.”
Kennedy said a formal press conference would have been “a wholly unsatisfactory experience” and does not anticipate one being given by principal owner John Henry and chairman Tom Werner. Dombrowski was relieved of his duties as president of baseball operations following Sunday’s 10-5 loss to the Yankees. He had served in that capacity since August 2015, capturing three American League East titles and last year’s World Series.
“You don’t make a change unless you’re ready for new leadership in that specific department,” Kennedy said. “We’re moving forward. We’re going to have new leadership.”
Assistant general managers Eddie Romero, Brian O’Halloran and Zack Scott and senior vice president for major and minor league operations Raquel Ferreira are running the team in the interim. Kennedy said Henry and Werner met with the players on Monday and had conducted internal discussions over the previous 48 hours. Kennedy also said publicly for the first time Cora would be retained to manage the team in 2020 regardless of the identity of his new boss.
“He has been everything you ever want in a manager,” Kennedy said. “I can’t speak more highly of Alex and the job that he has done and the job that he will do as we move forward.”
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