Red Sox Hire Interim Coaches, Shake-Up Mid-Season

0:00It's April 28th. This is MLB News Today, AI-powered stories from around the league. I'm Cory with the story. The Boston Red Sox just beefed up their coaching staff with three new interim hires after that brutal firing spree in Baltimore. The Axe Manager Alex Cora, hitting coaches Peter Fatsy and Dylan Lawson, bench coach Ramon Bosquez, third base coach Kyle Hudson and hitting, strategist Joe Cronin. That trace he stepped in as interim manager from the minors, and now they've added Jose David Flores as interim bench coach Pablo Cabrera as interim. First-based coach and outfield instructor and Jack Simmonetti as hitting assistant. These moves fill out the staff back to full numbers after the shake-up. Flores, 55, brings solid big lead chops. He was infield coordinator for the Cubs, first-based coach for the Phillies, third-based coach in. And Laley Benchcoach for Triple A Worcester, Cabrera, 28, and Simmonetti, 26, are rookies

1:00at this level, coming straight from Red Sox minor league roles in Portland Fort Myers. And the Florida Complex League. Fans and analysts are buzzing about the chaos, but it's a quick pass to keep things rolling. Earlier fields included Chad Epperson on third base and Colin Hetzler on hitting, plus Jason Veritech shifting to a different spot in the org. The impact hits hard mid-season, with the team leaning on fresh faces to turn around slumps. Now there's more hitting help on deck. John Sotera Poulos moves up as lead hitting coach alongside Simmonetti and Hetzler. They're also pulling Nelson Paulino, 53, from low A, after nearly three decades in the system, to join the Major League group. With most of the 2026 season ahead, these interns got approved themselves, shaping who runs the show, come 2027.